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   Gay is a mental illness.  Gay men eat their own poop.   
      
   Eating disorders are statistically known to be more common among   
   women. It may come as a surprise when recent findings suggest   
   there is an epidemic of eating disorders among males,   
   specifically homosexual men.   
      
   According to the International Journal of Eating Disorders,   
   there is a three times greater likelihood for gay men to have a   
   clinical eating disorder than for heterosexuals. The study says   
   15 percent of homosexual or bisexual males in the U.S. have   
   struggled with such eating habit disorders as bulimia, binge   
   eating, and anorexia. Of men overall who have an eating   
   disorder, 42 percent of them are homosexual or bisexual.   
      
   Linda Santangelo, a psychologist who runs an eating disorder   
   program, tells the UT San Diego that the likelihood of   
   homosexual men binge eating is seven times more than   
   heterosexual men. Furthermore, in regards to purging, gay men   
   have a 12 times more likelihood than heterosexual men.   
   Santangelo said the reason why eating disorders are such an   
   epidemic among homosexual men is because it is a coping method   
   for discrimination, violence, or rejection in response to their   
   sexuality. They may also be stressed about coming out.   
      
   Troy Roness, an advocate for national eating disorders and a   
   writer and speaker for Huffington Post, tells Salon that eating   
   disorders put an individual in control of what they eat and   
   don’t eat, which seems like a positive to them, but in essence   
   it is “controllable in an unhealthy way.” Roness said that the   
   subject of eating disorders is still  “taboo” among males. More   
   of a concern, is how America is lacking in education and helping   
   the public understand the illness in regards to men, all   
   primarily because of “guilt and shame.” In other words, being a   
   male with an eating disorder is a sign of weakness and not being   
   masculine.   
      
   Benjamin O’Keefe, an LGBT rights activist and actor, tells Salon   
   that a lowly one in 10 individuals will seek treatment for their   
   illness, and thus, compared to other mental diseases, eating   
   disorders have the highest mortality rate.   
      
   While wanting to be thin is the main reason for eating disorders   
   among women, having muscular bodies and low body fat are usually   
   the case for men. Moreover, males with the illness tend to binge   
   eat as opposed to being bulimic or anorexic.   
      
   In general, 30 million Americans have had a clinical eating   
   disorder at some point during their lives – 20 million women and   
   10 million men. Forty percent have suffered or known someone who   
   has suffered an eating disorder, including anorexia, bulimia,   
   and binge eating.   
      
   According to a 2012 Pink News article, located in the UK, 48   
   percent of homosexual men said they would take away at least a   
   year of their lives in order to have a perfect body. Salon   
   titles eating disorders among homosexual men as a “hidden   
   epidemic.” Chase Bannister, a psychiatrist specializing in   
   eating disorders says the research on the illness among gay men   
   and lesbians is “virtually nonexistent.” He calls this lack of   
   research tragic, pointing out how this is a large subgroup,   
   consisting of neighbors, friends or family members, that   
   deserves more care.   
      
   By Kollin Lore   
      
   http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/eating-disorders-an-epidemic-among-   
   homosexual-men/   
      
       
      
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