LGBT people are prone to mental illness. It’s a truth we shouldn’t shy away from
If it were the dreadful manner that society treats people then that would be both appalling and something we must do something about.
If it were that the two are simply correlated, well, that’s different. Know about it, treat the illness etc but it is still different.
An no, we’re not even going to go there and start trying to claim that the two are the same thing.
But it is true that thing we want to know is which of the first two is it?
An no, we’re not even going to go there and start trying to claim that the two are the same thing.
Why not? People have been treating homosexuality as a mental illness for over 150 years. It is central to Freudian thought. No one has ever proven it is not a mental illness.
But it is true that thing we want to know is which of the first two is it?
Depends if we can do anything about it and what the cause is. If the cause is genetic and no cure is possible, does it matter that much which comes first?
Still, we learned this week that Obama considered being Gay – as if that was news – and he decided to take the more difficult option and marry a girl instead. Political ambition is a terrible thing isn’t it? Must be tough on his daughters to learn that. But it is interesting that it is being presented as a choice – and that Obama thought that being heterosexual was harder work. Even before he met Michelle!
If Autism is seen as a form of mental illness then LGBT desires can just as logically be classified as a mental illness. Autism is more likely just a part of whole spectrum of the human psych, so LGBT is just a part of the whole spectrum of the human psych. There might be side effects which mean real mental illness is more likely due to being at one end of the spectrum.
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But Autism AFAIK is not considered a mental illness. Very much not so. It’s classified as a neurological condition, present from birth and not as a curable illness.
There came a certain point in my experience of being LGBT
To what degree can any one individual have this fourfold “experience”? And why not include the entire alphanumeric “experience” while we’re about it?
To answer my own question, this all boils down to “poor me”.
Doug: Probably some of what we classify as mental illnesses are present from birth – bipolar & schizophrenia probably. I think the classification likely has more to do with the impact on the individual and the society he lives in. Having said that, homosexuality & the milder forms of autism (is Asperger’s actually that anyway?) aren’t regarded as mental illnesses now. However, when Leviticus was written, perhaps homosexuality was having really bad effects on their society at that time. Or perhaps it was all of a piece with the hygiene rules codified then – no pork etc.
Third option, gay/bi/whatever people, having already overcome the mild (these days) societal taboos around their sexuality, are far more ready to confront the societal taboos around mental illness, and to be open about it as a result.
In which case it’s not the LGBT people who need to be treated differently, but the mentally ill among the straights.
Who remembers the SDLP, Social Democratic Liberal Party, a bunch of diverse people from several Parties who joined together for political expedient with nothing actually in common – well survival instinct I suppose?
LGBT it is not a homogeneous group, it is a name for a political movement of no real aim except to exist to keep a few people off the streets.
Lesbians have less in common with Gay men than straight women (at least both like men); Transvestite/Transgender is not uniquely about sexual orientation, and bisexuality is a different situation from all of them.
But we have an epidemiological study, find something which a portion of a pre-selected group have in common then proclaim a causal link, ignoring all those who do not have it in common.
It is said that Vegans, the Ginger haired, men called Fred, people with grey eyes are prone to gout. A well designed study could easily show that.
There are five (FIVE!) SDP candidates standing in this year’s general election who have appeared from nowhere, outnumbering the Liberal Party who are standing their usual four.
Sorry, done a recount, EIGHT Social Democratic Party candidates standing.
“But it is true that thing we want to know is which of the first two is it?”
I’m pretty sure I’ve answered this question for you already.
But anyway, in case you missed it, yes the question has been studied in detail. If it’s true that you want to know which of the first two it is, (and I’m not convinced yo do,) pay attention this time! 🙂
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-1867-2
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19361653.2014.910483
Installment 2.
http://transpulseproject.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Impacts-of-Strong-Parental-Support-for-Trans-Youth-vFINAL.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17135115
Installment 3.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568976
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf
Installment 4.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20461468
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08964289.2015.1028322?journalCode=vbmd20
Happy to help. 🙂