[HypatiaTaught]

Even if not that, homosexual men die 20-30 years younger than their heterosexual counterparts. This is true even in Canada due to their higher rates of alcoholism, drug abuse, suicide, STDs.

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I don’t doubt they live a shorter life span due to “alcoholism, drug abuse, suicide and STDs.” Apart from the STDS, the other behaviors are because being gay is often ostracized and stigmatized in practically all societies. If you happen to be in a Islamic state, you get DEATH... Only just recently in western civilizations, can one be free to say they are gay without suffering too much back lash.

[fr_freak]

Apart from the STDS, the other behaviors are because being gay is often ostracized and stigmatized in practically all societies.

You're making a big assumption here. It is possible that stigmatization is a contributing factor, but if it were, we would expect a marked decrease in such pathologies among homosexuals in the West in the last twenty years due to the relaxation of any such stigmas, and even the promotion of homosexuality as normal. As far as I know, there is no such decrease, even in the age of "gay marriage". Homosexuality is a disorder of not only sexual behavior, but primary identity as well, and this, by itself, can cause enough distress for a person to self-medicate. The greater the reckless abandon into the disorder, the greater the distress, requiring the greater amount of self-medication and distraction (in the form of more sex and drugs).

[Big Red Badger]

“The Back Lash”,,
Yes, That’s What did Him in.

[JediJones]

That’s exactly what the leftist establishment wants you to believe...that homosexuals are victims of discrimination and bigotry. Total nonsense in this country in this day and age. Even if there was discrimination, there is no link between that and substance abuse...certainly never once have I heard people claim blacks abuse more substances because they’re victims of discrimination, even though they constantly claim they are victims of discrimination.

What you have here tend to be troubled people who in all fairness may have been victims of sexual abuse at a young age. The homosexuality as well as the substance abuse are all products of a disordered, neurotic mind and unresolved psychological issues.

In some cases, maybe you can write it off as complete hedonism, in which case the people will seek it through sex, drugs, alcohol and anything else. A heterosexual lifestyle demands a lot more personal responsibility by the nature of the sexes. The shortest and easiest route to a hedonistic sexual lifestyle, unless you’re Brad Pitt, is a homosexual lifestyle.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Let me guess, you’re female?