[Mr. Silverback]

Gay male life expectancy is still low even when you take out AIDS deaths. I remember seeing an item awhile back that said homosexual men are six times more likely to commit suicide than heterosexuals of the same age group.

[Mr. Silverback]

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[crazycat]

According to the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, the life expectancy of a homosexual male is twenty years less than that of a heterosexual male.

I'm gutted. :0)

[Fudd]

I had a gay roommate in college one year. One time I looked through a gay newspaper he subscribed to. My impression from looking at the obit pages was (a) that the cause of death, when listed, was either suicide or illness, and (b) they were typically young (<40).

[cwb]

There is an interesting dicotomy here when we speak about healthcare. Many employers (especially goernment) have taken it upon themselves to order their employees to stop smoking. We have no-smoking bans and instances were local governments have even threatened to fire smokers...even when they do it in the privacy of their own home. Their reasoning behind this is healthcare and the rising costs of premiums. In other words, we have people who are discriminated against, under the guise of healthcare, for a lifetyle choice. If we were to take this to the next logical step, wouldn't it be just as valid for employees to discriminate against homosexuals based on this same concern? Doesn't this lifestyle cost healthcare providers and insurers just as much money in premiums and care? How about obesity and overweight employees? Isn't this, many times, a lifstyle choice that costs as much in medical care as smokers? If we can discriminate against smokers based on heathcare, why not other lifestyle choices that cost as much in medical care as they do?

[Steve_Seattle]

We need to realize that there are those who would like to make articles like this a crime (it's already happening in several countries). And when telling the truth is a crime, does the word "totalitarian" come to mind?

[Gritty]

This just makes too much sense.

Like General Boykin, somebody needs to "investigate" Colson for telling the truth.

[r9etb]

I think the article in question is this one. Rather than buy it, you can see the authors' explanation of the study here.

[xzins]

ping

[astounded]

While they're not smoking one dangerous thing, they're certainly smokin' another just as dangerous...

[N. Theknow]

Gay male life expectancy is still low even when you take out AIDS deaths. I remember seeing an item awhile back that said homosexual men are six times more likely to commit suicide than heterosexuals of the same age group.

Blow their brains out?

[scripter]

Thanks for posting this as there are some related, informative and very helpful links at the end of the original article.