This forum seems filled people unable or unwilling to see the connection between the stigma and rejection homosexuals face and the resulting epidemics of HIV, homelessness, suicide, drug abuse and other mental & physical challenges. To me, the link seems obvious - rejected and stigmatized youth who do not grow up with good guidance from parents, whether gay or straight, will suffer higher instances of depression, suicide, drug use, teen pregnancy, STD's, etc. This is not unique to the LGBT, but the LGBT are more likely to face said rejection and internalized stigma. I ran into this article today that highlights the issues. http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.e...ates-LGBT-Homeless-Youth-Survey-July-2012.pdf 30% to 40% of homeless youth were identified as LGBT, the vast majority of which were homeless as a result of family rejection. Needless to say, the consequences of this can be severe, and last well beyond the child's youth. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-a-hughes/lgbt-homeless-youth_b_1834210.html http://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/stigma-and-discrimination.htm And this isn't even to speak of those who faced rejection, but who did not end up homeless. Adolescents and young adults represent the single age bracket where HIV rates are increasing, and it is in this crucial age where youth are first learning to explore their sexuality and gain their financial independence that they are most in need - and most likely to suffer the consequences of rejection. Yes, the stigma and rejection LGBT face are related to the increased prevalence of HIV in the community, especially in youth - the single age bracket that has the highest HIV rates. HIV rates are especially high among the African American demographic, a race that has among the highest prevalence of stigma against LGBT. This is not just a coincidence. One can not expect a group of people subject disproportionally to rejection and stigma, especially from their parents, NOT to suffer increased rates of depression, homelessness, suicide, drug use, and infectious diseases.
I'm done tolerating and trying to explain things to bigots. I'm going to FIGHT for rights now. Extremist views (as those quoted above), should be rejected directly.
Of course, people like above are exactly the problem - people who don't understand that sexuality is not a choice, and who don't have a single (*)(*)(*)(*)ing clue what they're talking about. The kind of people who would hear "Dad, I'm gay" the same way they would hear "Dad, I've decided to take up murdering children as a hobby". As long as there are people like them, this problem won't get better.
Fun has stated that Gays committing suicide would be blessing. I find all of these statements disgusting.
Suicide victims chose to kill themselves. Bringing gay/lesbian behaviors to 0 and abolishing sex change mutilations is what must be accomplished, but if it can be done without suicides, then so be it. With gay/lesbian sexual behaviors, if gays & lesbians don't push their views such as that on Harvey B. Milk or Methew Wayne Shepard on others who don't care or @least allow opposing views, then I don't care. If gays/lesbians do their sexual behaviors with other knowing & willful adults but don't require others to agree with them, then I wouldn't care. But gays often do push their views on others. They must find cure for gay/lesbian behaviors no matter why it happens & abolish sex changes. But to repeat-suicide victims chose to kill themselves. Bringing gay/lesbian behaviors to 0 and abolishing sex change mutilations is what must be accomplished. No, all gays/lesbians don't have to commit suicide but all the transexuals can kill themselves & I won't lose sleep over it. There are talented gays/lesbians who @least aren't pushy on the topics or @least allow opposing views. Rachel Maddow & Tammy Bruce are 2 lesbians who I can tolerate because they @least have opposing views. Incidentally, I liked George Michael's music when he was with Wham! but George Michael was a drug junky who committed indecent exposure. There's also gay musician Adam Lambert who to my knowledge he doesn't push his views on others. The gays who can commit suicide are those such as those who push Harvey B. Milk on California schoolkids and refuse to allow opposing views. Big Island Chronicles Tiffany Edwards Hunt who farts in front of her kids think's it's Okay for gays to commit homosexual statutory rape on underage boys. So the Jeff Bros, if gays/lesbians don't tell me how to think on gay/lesbian topic, then I don't care. If NASA wants to honor the late astronaut Sally Ride, then that's Okay with me because her alleged lesbianism is not relevant and she deserves credit for what she did as an astronaut. Most people wouldn't care if there are honors given to Sally Ride @ the National Air and Space Museum because it honors what she accomplished as an astronaut. I also don't care if gays/lesbians honor Harvey Bernard Milk but requiring schoolkids to honor homosexual statutory rapist coward Harvey Bernard Milk is wrong especially when opposing views are censored.
What Funinsow believes and advocates: "but all the transexuals can kill themselves & I won't lose sleep over it." "but if it can be done without suicides, then so be it" I think his words speak for themselves- if you can stomach digging into his bizarre posts, this is what you find- beyond homophobia to championing having a minority kill themselves.
All I ever see are walls of text and toilets everywhere. I have never seen anyone abuse the toilet emote as much as this person. I don't even bother reading it because it's just full of toilets. Apparently he/she's a potty mouth or something. lol
I've never seen anyone abuse grammar and the concept of a train of thought so much. Or smile at the thought of people committing suicide.
