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   From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Sun, 13 May 2018 16:43:49 -0500, "Byker"  wrote:   
      
   >"Siri Cruise"  wrote in message   
   >news:chine.bleu-39C8E7.16325612052018@reader.eternal-september.org...   
   >   
   >In article ,   
   >David Hartung  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Homosexuality is a choice.   
   >>   
   >> And it still doesn't matter in a free society whether it's a choice or   
   >> innate. If you had believed that a person should be loosed of all   
   >> unnecessary legal restraints, you wouldn't worry about it.   
   >   
   >We'd worry, in the least, about all the diseases they carry and transmit to   
   >the general population   
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   >Diseases Related To Homosexuality   
   >   
   >1. Mental Illness   
   >   
   >In October 1999, the Archives of General Psychiatry published two studies   
   >related to homosexuality and mental health. The first, “Sexual Orientation   
   >and Suicidality: A Co-twin Control Study in Adult Men” by Richard Herrel et   
   >al, reported that same-gender sexual orientation is significantly associated   
   >with each of the suicidality measures. The study found that men with   
   >same-sex partners were 2.4 times as likely as their co-twins to have   
   >thoughts about death, 4.4 times as likely to want to die, 4.1 times as   
   >likely to have suicidal ideation, 6.5 times as likely to have attempted   
   >suicide, and 5.1 times as likely to have any of the suicidal symptoms. After   
   >adjustment for substance abuse and depressive symptoms (other than   
   >suicidality), all of the suicidality measures remained significantly   
   >associated with same-gender sexual orientation except for wanting to die.   
   >   
   >The second study, “Homosexuality and Mental Illness” by J. Michael Bailey,   
   >reported on a New Zealand study which followed 1007 individuals since birth.   
   >At the age of 21, the 28 subjects classified as gay, lesbian or bisexuals   
   >were significantly more likely to have had mental-health problems than the   
   >979 classed as heterosexual.   
   >   
   >The Archives of General Psychiatry also published in its January 2001 issue   
   >a study titled, “Same-Sex Sexual Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders:   
   >Findings from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study   
   >(NEMESIS)” by Sandfort et al., which found that psychiatric disorders were   
   >more prevalent among homosexually active people compared with heterosexually   
   >active people. Homosexual men were 2.94 times as likely to have a 12-month   
   >prevalence of mood disorder and 2.61 times as likely to have a 12-month   
   >prevalence of anxiety disorder than heterosexual men. Homosexual women were   
   >4.05 times as likely to have a 12-month prevalence of substance use   
   >disorders than heterosexual women. More homosexual than heterosexual persons   
   >had 2 or more disorders during their lifetimes.   
   >   
   >It should be noted that Dutch society is a very gay-affirming and   
   >gay-friendly society, which may suggest that “society’s oppression” of   
   >homosexual people is not necessarily the cause of increased rates of mental   
   >illnesses among homosexuals as some people might suggest.   
   >   
   >   
   >2. Kaposi Sarcoma   
   >   
   >In an indirect fashion, anal intercourse is implicated in the development of   
   >Kaposi’s sarcoma, one of the diseases on the AIDS-indicator list of the U.S.   
   >Centers for Disease Control (CDC). This is because nitrite inhalant   
   >recreational drugs, known commonly as “poppers”, have been popular in the   
   >gay community and are used to facilitate this practice through relaxation of   
   >the anal sphincter. Researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse have   
   >recognized that nitrite inhalant abuse is associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma,   
   >and HIV-negative gay men with a history of using poppers have developed this   
   >disease.   
   >   
   >The International Journal of Dermatology explains why homosexuals’ behaviors   
   >place them at high risk for this disease, which affects the mucous membranes   
   >and the skin of its victims:   
   >   
   >In this high risk group [the gay male population], the predominant portal of   
   >entry of free and cell-bound HIV as well as the brunt of associated   
   >cofactors and opportunistic infections can be traced to both ends of the   
   >gastrointestinal tract (mouth and anus) and also the genitalia, which happen   
   >to be common sites for KS lesions in addition to their lymphatic watersheds.   
   >   
   >Kaposi’s sarcoma has taken a particularly tragic toll on HIV-infected   
   >homosexual men, sending them to an earlier grave than their IV-drug user   
   >counterparts. AIDS reports:   
   >   
   >According to our data, homosexual men had a significantly higher risk of   
   >progression to AIDS and shorter survival compared with IDU [IV drug users]   
   >and other categories. In a multivariate analysis the increased risk was   
   >found to be independent of demographic and clinical characteristics but was   
   >accounted for by the higher probability of developing Kaposi’s sarcoma.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >3. Hodgkin’s Disease   
   >   
   >Homosexual men suffering from HIV/AIDS also suffer from other cancers and   
   >lymphomas. One study published in the Annuls of Medicine noted the   
   >connection between homosexual AIDS patients and Hodgkin’s disease. The study   
   >concluded, “An excess incidence of Hodgkin’s disease was found in   
   >HIV-infected homosexual men.” The Journal of Clinical Oncology published a   
   >study that further supports a connection between homosexual male AIDS   
   >patients and Hodgkin’s disease.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >4. Anal Cancer   
   >   
   >Homosexual males are also at elevated risk for anal cancer. A likely   
   >possibility is that chemicals in the lubricants used to facilitate anal   
   >intercourse are a factor associated with this disease. Researchers R.J.   
   >Ablin and R. Stein-Werblowsky describe sperm and seminal plasma as capable   
   >of promoting cancer, and suggest that this accounts for the increase in   
   >cancer among people practicing anal sex.   
   >   
   >One article in the New England Journal of Medicine commented, “Our study   
   >lends strong support to the hypothesis that homosexual behavior in men   
   >increases the risk of anal cancer: 21 of the 57 men with anal cancer (37   
   >percent) reported that they were homosexual or bisexual, in contrast to only   
   >one of 64 controls.” The Journal of the American Medical Association also   
   >published similar findings: “Epidemiological studies have shown that risk   
   >factors for anal cancer include homosexuality, history of receptive anal   
   >intercourse, presence of anal condylomata, and smoking.” And the   
   >International Journal of Cancer stated, “Being single and having practiced   
      
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