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What&#;s the Lifespan of a Gay Friend?

Despite the scientific evidence to the contrary, pro-homosexual group tend to insist that living the active homosexual &#;lifestyle&#; is just as healthy as heterosexuality. Some of the claims made by pro-homosexual groups are ridiculous on their face. For example, in its comically misnamed Intelligence Report, the Southern Poverty Law Center claimed:

MYTH #4: LGBT people don&#;t live nearly as long as heterosexuals.

THE ARGUMENT: Anti-gay organizations want to promote heterosexuality as the healthier &#;choice.&#; Furthermore, the purportedly shorter life spans and poorer physical and mental health of gays and lesbians are often offered as reasons why they shouldn&#;t be allowed to adopt or foster children.

Anyone who has done research in this area of public health knows that active homosexual behavior is not a healthy lifestyle, bringing tremendous deleterious physical and mental consequences.

Unfortunately, the research showing these effects is condemned or ignored by homophiles. To complement the research already done

Gay men who are in same-sex marriages are living longer, according to a new study that looked at the Danish population.

"Our study expands on century-old knowledge that married people generally have lower mortality than unmarried and divorced persons," lead author Dr. Morten Frisch, a professor of epidemiology at Aalborg University, wrote according to the Los Angeles Times. "From a widespread health viewpoint it is crucial to try and identify those underlying factors and mechanisms."

The learn, which was published Mar. 11 in the International Journal of Epidemiology, looked at the mortality -- or death -- rates of million Danish adults from to who were in relationships during that time. The rates of mortality for married gay men has been going down since , and now is lower than that of unmarried or divorced heterosexual men.

"Among men in Denmark, it is more dangerous to be unmarried or divorced than to be married to another man," Frisch told Live Science in a separate interview.

Denmark was the first land to allow same-sex partnerships in Researchers used information fro

On June 16, in a decision, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormones, for trans youth under The ruling enables Tennessee to enforce this law, and by deciding the law is constitutional the court effectively made it more difficult to challenge similar laws in the 27 other states where such laws are currently in effect.

IntraSpectrum Counseling supports healthcare equality for transgender youth and we spot this SCOTUS ruling to be unconscionable. We believe that this healthcare ban is rooted in political rhetoric and bigotry and that it comes at the expense of youth who are in need of these services, and their families.

  • It is a dangerous setback for human rights
  • It has significant implications for the well-being of transgender youth
  • It is inconsistent with the position of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, that both support gender-affirming nurture for transgender youth
  • It allows polititians to rule on medical decisions best left to medical professionals and families

    On the Margins

    Twelve years. That’s the average number of years of life prematurely taken from LGBTQ individuals who live in communities that harbor strong prejudices against members of sexual and gender minorities. The stress of living in an environment marked by stigma and structural discrimination can result in early deaths from suicide, from an increased uncertainty of cardiovascular disease, and from a cascade of other life-shortening health conditions.

    These findings were highlighted in a statement by Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, announcing that the National Institutes of Health was designating “sexual and gender minorities” as a disparities population. This designation served as a notification that the NIH recognized the health inequities affecting the LGBTQ community—and the need to address them.

    The problems start preceding in life. Across the nation, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth have an elevated noun of bullying, suicide, and substance use disorder and lack access to culturally sensitive an