Homosexual Sex as Harmful as Drug Abuse, Prostitution, or Smoking

Abstract

In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court said same-sex sexual activity could not be prohibited by law. Analyzing data from the 1996 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse (N= 12,381) and comparing those who engaged in four recreational activities-homosexual sex, illegal drug use, participation in prostitution, and smoking --against those who abstained, participants (1) were more frequently disruptive (e.g., more frequently criminal, drove under the influence of drugs or alcohol, used illegal drugs, took sexual risks), (2) were less frequently productive (e.g., less frequently had children in marriage, more frequently missed work), and (3) generated excessive costs (e.g., more promiscuous, higher consumers of medical services). Major sexuality surveys have reported similar findings for homosexuals. Societal discrimination inadequately accounts for these differences since parallel comparisons of black and white subsamples produced a pattern unlike the differences found between homosexuals and nonhomosexuals.

Confiabilidad y validez de la escala para homofobia en estudiantes de medicina*

“…Así mismo, se debe tener en cuenta que la orientación sexual guarda una asociación significativa con la salud física y mental (56). La homofobia es relacionada con exclusión social, estrés psicológico percibido y síntomas clínicos importantes, como baja autoestima e ideación suicida en personas homosexuales y bisexuales (57)(58)(59).…”