is being gay an illness...??

Question

i think being gay is an illness we get when we are born ...and should be treated with testosterone injections when we realise the illness..!! it is not normal to be gay!! but society accepts it now...gays should be cured!!

listen im not homophobic...i have gay friends...it is however my opinion..please give me yours...not verbel abuse..thank you

Answer 1

lol, ur such a funny person - love the question! and idk....
adam and eve
not adam and steve!!

Answer 2

If being gay was an illness than there would be medication to treat it such is the same for diabetes and high blood pressure. There is no significant scientific evidence to suggest that homosexuality is an illness. However, scientists have been carrying out research for a very long period of time into homosexuality and they are not far from proving that there is a gene responsible for determining whether or not somebody is homosexual. If proven, (which they are 98% sure it will be) the gene responsible is transferred from the moment of conception. Therefore, one could argue that it has nothing to do with psychological or emotional brain processes, chemical imbalances, a persons up bringing or their environment. It would be purely linked to human genetics which a person is unable to determine or control. It is also not important who or how we fall in love with somebody. What is important is that we are happy and love another human being as much as they love us. Have a look on google and type in new scientist and homosexuality. That should answer all your questions

Answer 3

The strict answer to the question is no, being gay is not an illness as it was declassified from being such many and several years ago by the body of professionals that define what things do and do not constitute illness. I'm hazy on details, but from memory it was the mental health professionals, represented by psychiatrists and the like who around two decades ago concluded that being gay is not an illness.

As to whether it's 'normal' to be gay, that's a different question. "Normal" is a mathematical term typically referring to the frequency of something. The most frequent becomes normal. Human beings however are not data, therefore individuals cannot be normal, only typical.

Whilst it is statistically more prevalent within a human population for heterosexuality to dominate, it's still possible for the situation to arise where in a given location gay people could outnumber their heterosexual counterparts and in that situation, being gay would be (statistically) 'normal'. A typical person in such an environment would be gay.

Your phrase 'gays should be cured' implies that there is something to cure them of. That in itself tends to suggest you hold a belief which in itself is not 'normal' according to research conducted in the UK by the National Centre for Social Research. Their survey of attitudes and behaviour relating to sexuality indicated that the majority of the population do not think that lesbian and gays need to be 'cured' of something. Attitudes do however change over time - hence the shift in opinion of the mental health profession several years ago and the acceptance that being gay is not an illness.

Answer 4

Firstly, I second what "moreacidthanalkali" says, I am against what you are saying, but I will defend your right to say it, to the death.

However, I am somewhat biased since I am Gay myself, the best piece of advice I can give is, let others live their lives and you live yours.

I would not like a heterosexual couple to throw their physical relationship in my face as it makes me feel ill. Something which I am sure is the same for you but in reverse, the simple fact is that gay, straight, bi or whatever doesn't matter, simple respect demands that what goes on in the bedroom should stay there.

On the other hand, if you are sickened just by two guys stating that they are together or by them simply holding hands or something equally innocent, then perhaps you ought to look to the reasons for why that is. I mean really, does it matter to you that I have a boyfriend not a girlfriend? I am not involving you, or exhibiting my relationship in front of you so really what business is it of yours.

Being Gay is not a sickness to be cured anymore than being Black or Islamic is a sickness to be cured. Grow up and accept the world around you for the multi-cultural place that it is meant to be, without our differences we would all be the same and the world would be a boring place in which to live!!!

Answer 5

No, it is not an illness and, as such, is not recognized by medical professionals as being such. The DSM-IV does not classify homosexuality as ANY sort of illness.

Testosterone is not an answer. Gay men ARE men. They do not necessarily have reduced amounts of the hormone.

While it may not be "normal" for you to be gay, it is for approximately 10% of the population. Society accepts it much in the same way that whites have come to accept and integrate blacks into society. Have we sought out a "cure" for blackness? What about Jews?

Another fact I should point out is that homosexuality is not strictly limited to the human species. Other animals exhibit this behaviour in nature.

Answer 6

I think that you are entitled to your opinion, and in some ways i understand where you are coming from. I don't however think it's a mental illness nor something that should be cured. But I think if most people were honest with themselves they would agree it's not entirely right, i mean if we were all gay then we wouldn't be here would we! My parents are divorced and my dad has admitted he is gay and had gay partners. I accept this totally and love him dearly! but perhaps people should think about how they would feel in that situation and why? you are entitled to your opinion and think you have guts posting this as it didn't really go down well did it?

Answer 7

There has been no facts that being gay is caused at birth or childhood or even adulthood for that matter. I'm going to assume you need to be asking gay people. Just because they chose to sleep with someone of the same sex does no mean that as a person they do not feel the same feelings, or have the same wants and needs as us headro's do. You need to leave the judging to the man up stairs and start worry about things on your own door step. Its a sexual preference not who they are as a person.

Answer 8

Don't think so. My feeling is that it's not a disease, but it's something that occurrs by some twist of fate in someone's DNA. As for our society accepting it, I don't believe that's entirely true. If it were that easily accepted, people wouldn't deny it, try to hide it, or try to "fix" it. And gay marriage laws would pass easily every where. I don't think there's a cure for homosexuality any more than there is a cure for anything else that shows up at birth.

Answer 9

Opinions Vary but I can sure think of a lot better ways to spend my money then trying to find a cure for being Gay. Like Cancer Diabetes and so on.
I think you better take a poll of Gay people first and see what they think because if they do not want to be cured then there is not enough money on the planet to do it.

Answer 10

Please ... please. The only comment I can make is that the gay and lesbian community often begs for others to tolerate who they are ... fine. But, when somebody with a different opinion comes along, the gay and lesbian community offer zero tolerance! This happened at Ryerson University in Toronto. Dr. Margaret Sommerville was invited to be issued an honorary degree by that university for the body of her work on medical ethics. Because Sommerville has written work that opposes gay marriages, the gay and lesbian community jumped all over her and Ryerson for offering the degree, citing that Ryerson should have uninvited her and instead found somebody that supports their "agenda". Free speech and tolerance works both ways.

Answer 11

Definitely not! But I guess we are all entitled to our own opinion. People are not born gay it just how they feel later on in life. Some people marry have kids then turn gay and some just know when they are around age 10 or so. Its so 80s to be anti-gay now, just accept it and move on.