IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES Of : : WHAT HOMOSEXUALS DO : : : : Paul Cameron, Ph.D. Chairman : : Family Research Institute, Inc. : : Post Office Box 2091 : : Washington, DC 20013 : : (703) 690-8536 : : : : : : Throughout history, all civilizations had all major religions : : have condemned homosexuality.1 In the American colonies, homosexual : : acts were a capital offense. Thomas Jefferson said that homosexuality : : "should be punished, if a man, by castration, if a woman, by cutting : : through the cartilage of her nose a hole of one-half inch in diameter : : as least.2 Until 1961 homosexual acts were illegal throughout America. : : : : Gays claim that the "prevailing attitude toward homosexuals in : : the U.S. and many other countries is revulsion and hostility....for : : acts and desires not harmful to anyone."3 The American Psychological : : Association and the American Public Health Association assured the U.S. : : Supreme Court in 1986 that "no significant data show that engaging : : in...oral and anal sex, results in mental or physical dysfunction."4 : : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : What Homosexuals Do : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : The major surveys on homosexual behavior are summarized below. : : Two things stand out: 1) homosexuals behave similarly world-over, and : : 2) as Harvard Medical Professor, Dr. William Haseltine,33 noted in : : 1993, the "changes in sexual behavior that have been reported to have : : occurred in some groups have proved, for the most part, to be : : transient. For example, bath houses and sex clubs in many cities have : : either reopened or were never closed." : :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : Homosexual Activities (in %) : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : US16 US13 US / US18 Denmark20 US19 : : London27 Sydney/London26 : : Canada25 : : 1940s 1977'83/84 1983 1984 1983 1985 1991 : : ever ever ever in yr in yr in mo in mo last 6mo: : : : oral/penile 83 99 100/99 99 86 67 : : anal/penile 68 91 93/98 95 92 95 100 : : oral/anal 59 83 92/92 63 69 89 55/65 : : urine sex 10 23 29/ : : fisting/toys 22 41/47 34 : : fecal sex-eating 4 8 : : -enemas 11 11 : : torture sex 22 37 37/ : : public/orgy sex 61 76 88 : : sex with minors 37 23 24/ : : : :----------------------------------------------------------------------------: : : : * ORAL SEX: Homosexuals fellate almost all of their sexual : : contacts (and ingest semen from about half of these). Semen contains : : many of the germs carried in the blood. Because of this, gays who : : practice oral sex verge on consuming raw human blood, with all its : : medical risks. Since the penis often has tiny lesions (and often will : : have been in unsanitary places such as a rectum), individuals so : : involved may become infected with hepatitis A or gonorrhea (and even : : HIV and hepatitis B). Since many contacts occur between strangers : : (70% of gays estimated that they had had sex only once with over half : : of their partners17,27), and gays average somewhere between 10 6 and : : 110 5 different partners/year, the potential for infection is : : considerable. : : : : * RECTAL SEX: Surveys indicate that about 90% of gays have : : engaged in rectal intercourse, and about two-thirds do it regularly. : : In a 6-month long study of daily sexual diaries,3 gays averaged 110 : : sex partners and 68 rectal encounters a year. : : : : Rectal sex is dangerous. During rectal intercourse the rectum : : becomes a mixing bowl for: 1) saliva and its germs and/or an artificial : : lubricant, 2) the recipient's own feces, 3) whatever germs, infections : : or substances the penis has on it, and 4) the seminal fluid of the : : inserter. Since sperm readily penetrate the rectal wall (which is only : : one cell thick) causing immunologic damage, and tearing or bruising of : : the anal wall is very common during anal/penile sex, these substances : : gain almost direct access to the blood stream. Unlike heterosexual : : intercourse (in which sperm cannot penetrate the multilayered vagina : : and no feces are present),7 rectal intercourse is probably the most : : sexually efficient way to spread hepatitis B, HIV syphilis and a host : : of other blood-borne diseases. : : : : Tearing or ripping of the anal wall is especially likely with : : "fisting," where the hand and arm is inserted into the rectum. It is : : also common when "toys" are employed (homosexual lingo for objects : : which are inserted into the rectum--bottles, carrots, even gerbils8). : : The risk of contamination and/or having to wear a colostomy bag from : : such "sport" is very real. Fisting was apparently so rare in Kinsey's : : time that he didn't think to talk about it. By 1977, well over a third : : of gays admitted to doing it. The rectum was not designed to : : accommodate the fist, and those who do so can find themselves consigned : : to diapers for life. : : : : * FECAL SEX: About 80% of gays (see Table) admit to licking : : and/or inserting their tongues into the anus of partners and thus : : ingesting medically significant amounts of feces. Those who eat or : : wallow in it are probably at even greater risk. In the diary study,5 : : 70% of the gays had engaged in this activity--half regularly over 6 : : months. Result? --the "annual incidence of hepatitis A : : in...homosexual men was 22 percent, whereas no heterosexual men : : acquired hepatitis A." In 1992,26 it was noted that the proportion of : : London gays engaging in oral/anal sex had not declined since 1984. : : : : While the body has defenses against fecal germs, exposure to the : : fecal discharge of dozens of strangers each year is extremely : : unhealthy. Ingestion of human waste is the major route of contracting : : hepatitis A and the enteric parasites collectively known as the Gay : : Bowel Syndrome. Consumption of feces has also been implicated in the : : transmission of typhoid fever,9 herpes, and cancer.27 About 10% of : : gays have eaten or played with [e.g., enemas, wallowing in] feces. The : : San Francisco Department of Public Health saw 75,000 patients per year, : : of whom 70 to 80 per cent are homosexual men....An average of 10 per : : cent of all patients and asymptomatic contacts reported...because of : : positive fecal samples or cultures for amoeba, giardia, and shigella : : infections were employed as food handlers in public establishments; : : almost 5 per cent of those with hepatitis A were similarly employed."10 : : In 1976, a rare airborne scarlet fever broke out among gays and just : : missed sweeping through San Francisco.10 The U.S. Centers for Disease : : Control reported that 29% of the hepatitis A cases in Denver, 66% in : : New York, 50% in San Francisco, 56% in Toronto, 42% in Montreal and 26% : : in Melbourne in the first six months of 1991 were among gays.11 A 1982 : : study "suggested that some transmission from the homosexual group to : : the general population may have occurred."12 : : : : * URINE SEX: About 10% of Kinsey's gays reported having engaged : : in "golden showers" [drinking or being splashed with urine]. In the : : largest survey of gays ever conducted,13 23% admitted to urine-sex. In : : the largest random survey of gays,6 29% reported urine-sex. In a San : : Francisco study of 655 gays,14 only 24% claimed to have been monogamous : : in the past year. Of these monogamous gays, 5% drank urine, 7% : : practiced "fisting," 33% ingested feces via anal/oral contact, 53% : : swallowed semen, and 59% received semen in their rectum during the : : previous month. : : : : * OTHER GAY SEX PRACTICES : : : : SADOMASOCHISM: as the Table indicates, a large minority of gays : : engage in torture for sexual fun. Sex with minors: 25% of white : : gays17 admitted to sex with boys 16 or younger as adults. In a 9-state : : study,30 33% of the 181 male, and 22% of the 18 female teachers caught : : molesting students did so homosexually (though less than 3% of men and : : 2% of women engage in homosexuality31). Depending on the study, the : : percent of gays reporting sex in public restrooms ranged from 14%16 to : : 41%13 to 66%,6 9%16, 60%13 and 67%5 reported sex in gay baths; 64%16 : : and 90%18 said that they used illegal drugs. : : : : Fear of AIDS may have reduced the volume of gay sex partners, but : : the numbers are prodigious by any standard. Morin15 reported that 824 : : gays had lowered their sex-rate from 70 different partners/yr. in 1982 : : to 50/yr. by 1984. McKusick14 reported declines from 76/yr. to 47/yr. : : in 1985. In Spain32 the average was 42/yr. in 1989. : : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : Medical Consequences of Homosexual Sex : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : Death and disease accompany promiscuous and unsanitary sexual : : activity. 70%25 to 78%x,13 of gays reported having had a sexually : : transmitted disease. The proportion with intestinal parasites (worms, : : flukes, amoeba) ranged from 25%18 to 39%19 to 59%.20 As of 1992, 83% : : of U.S. AIDS in whites had occurred in gays.21 The Seattle sexual : : diary study3? reported that gays had, on a yearly average: : : : : 1) fellated 108 men and swallowed semen from 48; : : 2) exchanged saliva with 96; : : 3) experienced 68 penile penetrations of the anus; and : : 4) ingested fecal material from 19. : : : : No wonder 10% came down with hepatitis B and 7% contracted hepatitis A : : during the 6-month study. : : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : Effects on the Lifespan : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : Smokers and drug addicts don't live as long as non-smokers or : : non-addicts, so we consider smoking and narcotics abuse harmful. The : : typical life-span of homosexuals suggests that their activities are : : more destructive than smoking nd as dangerous as drugs. : : : : Obituaries numbering 6,516 from 16 U.S. homosexual journals over : : the past 12 years were compared to a large sample of obituaries from : : regular newspapers.23 The obituaries from the regular newspapers were : : similar to U.S. averages for longevity; the medium age of death of : : married men was 75, and 80% of them died old (age 65 or older). For : : unmarried or divorced men the median age of death was 57, and 32% of : : them died old. Married women averaged age 79 at death; 85% died old. : : Unmarried and divorced women averaged age 71, and 60% of them died old. : : : : The median age of death for homosexuals, however, was virtually : : the same nationwide--and, overall, less than 2% survived to old age. : : If AIDS was the cause of death, the median age was 39. For the 803 : : gays who died of something other than AIDS, the median age of death was : : 42, and 9% died old. The 133 lesbians had a median age of death of 45, : : and 23% died old. : : : : Two and eight-tenths percent (2.8%) of gays died violently. They : : were 116 times more apt to be murdered; 24 times more apt to commit : : suicide; and had a traffic-accident death-rate 18 times the rate of : : comparably-aged white males. Heart attacks, cancer and liver failure : : were exceptionally common. Twenty percent of lesbians died of murder, : : suicide, or accident--a rate 487 times higher than that of white : : females aged 25-44. The age distribution of samples of homosexuals in : : the scientific literature from 1989 to 1992 suggests a similarly : : shortened life-span. : : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : The Gay Legacy : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : Homosexuals rode into the dawn of sexual freedom and returned with : : a plague that gives every indication of destroying most of them. Those : : who treat AIDS patients are at great risk, not only from HIV infection, : : which as of 1992 involved over 100 health care workers,21 but also from : : TB and new strains of other diseases.24 Those who are housed with AIDS : : patients are also at risk.24 Those who are housed with AIDS patients : : are also at risk.24 Dr. Max Essex, chair of the Harvard AIDS Institute, : : warned congress in 1992 that "AIDS has already led to other kinds of : : dangerous epidemics...If AIDS is not eliminated, other new lethal : : microbes will emerge, and neither safe sex nor drug free practices will : : prevent them."28 At least 8, and perhaps as many as 30 29 patients had : : been infected with HIV by health care workers as of 1992. : : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : The Biological Swapmeet : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : The typical sexual practices of homosexuals are a medical horror : : story --imagine exchanging saliva, feces, semen and/or blood with : : dozens of different men each year. Imagine drinking urine, ingesting : : feces and experiencing rectal trauma on a regular basis. Often these : : encounters occur while the participants are drunk, high, and/or in an : : orgy setting. Further, many of them occur in extremely unsanitary : : places (bathrooms, dirty peep shows), or, because homosexuals travel : : so frequently, in other parts of the world. : : : : Every year, a quarter or more of homosexuals visit another : : country.20 Fresh American germs get taken to Europe, Africa and Asia. : : And fresh pathogens from these continents come here. Foreign homo- : : sexuals regularly visit the U.S. and participate in this biological : : swapmeet. : : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : The Pattern of Infection : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : Unfortunately the danger of these exchanges does not merely affect : : homosexuals. Travelers carried so many tropical diseases to New York : : City that it had to institute a tropical disease center, and gays : : carried HIV from New York City to the rest of the world.27 Most of the : : 6,349 Americans who got AIDS from contaminated blood as of 1992, : : received it from homosexuals and most of the women in California who : : got AIDS through heterosexual activity got it from men who engaged in : : homosexual behavior.23 The rare form of airborne scarlet fever that : : stalked San Francisco in 1976 also started among homosexuals.10 : : IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : Genuine Compassion : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : Society is legitimately concerned with health risks-- they impact : : our taxes and everyone's chances of illness and injury. Because we : : care about them, smokers are discouraged from smoking by higher : : insurance premiums, taxes on cigarettes and bans against smoking in : : public. These social pressures cause many to quit. They likewise : : encourage non-smokers to stay non-smokers. : : : : Homosexuals are sexually troubled people engaging in dangerous : : activities. Because we care about them and those tempted to join them, : : it is important that we neither encourage nor legitimize such a : : destructive lifestyle. : : IMMMMMMMMMMMM; : : : References : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMM< : : 1. Karlen A. SEXUALITY And HOMOSEXUALITY. NY: Norton, 1971. : : 2. Pines B. BACK TO BASICS. NY: Morrow, 1982, p. 211. : : 3. Weinberg G. SOCIETY AND THE HEALTHY HOMOSEXUAL. NY: St. Martin's, : : 1972, preface. : : 4. Amici curiae brief, in Bowers v. Hardwick, 1986. : : 5. Corey L. & Holmes, K.K. Sexual transmission of Hepatitis A in : : homosexual men. "New England Journal of Medicine," 1980:302:435- : : 38. : : 6. Cameron P et al Sexual orientation and sexually transmitted : : disease. "Nebraska Medical Journal," 1985:70:292-99; Effect of : : homosexuality upon public health and social order "Psychological : : Reports," 1989, 64, 1167-79. : : 7. Manligit, G.W. et al Chronic immune stimulation by sperm alloan- : : tigens. "Journal of the American Medical Association," 1984:251: : : 237-38. : : 8. Cecil Adams, "The Straight Dope," THE READER (Chicago, 3/28/86) : : [Adams writes authoritatively on counter-culture material, his : : column is carried in many alternative newspapers across the U.S. : : and Canada]. : : 9. Dritz, S. & Braff. Sexually transmitted typhoid fever. "New England : : Journal of Medicine," 1977:296:1359-60. : : 10. Dritz, S. Medical aspects of homosexuality. "New England Journal : : of Medicine," 1980:302:463-4. : : 11. CDC Hepatitis A among homosexual men --United States, Canada, and : : Australia. MMWR 1992:41:155-64. : : 12. Christenson B. et al. An epidemic outbreak of hepatitis A among : : homosexual men in Stockholm, "American Journal of Epidemiology," : : 1982:115:599-607. : : 13. Jay, K. & Young, A. THE GAY REPORT. NY: Summit, 1979. : : 14. McKusick, L. et al AIDS and sexual behaviors reported by gay men in : : San Francisco, "American Journal of Public Health," 1985: 75:493- : : 96. : : 15. USA Today 11/21/84. : : 16. Gebhard, P. & Johnson, A. THE KINSEY DATA. NY: Saunders, 1979. : : 17. Bell, A. & Weinberg, M. HOMOSEXUALITIES. NY: Simon & Schuster, : : 1978. : : 18. Jaffee, H. et al. National case-control study of Kaposi's sarcoma. : : "Annals Of Internal Medicine," 1983:99:145-51. : : 19. Quinn, T. C. et al. The polymicrobial origin of intestinal : : infection in homosexual men. "New England Journal of Medicine," : : 1983:309:576-82. : : 20. Biggar, R. J. Low T-lymphocyte ratios in homosexual men. "Journal : : Of The American Medical Association," 1984:251:1441-46; "Wall : : Street Journal," 7/18/91, B1. : : 21. CDC HIV/AIDS SURVEILLANCE, February 1993. : : 22. Chu, S. et al. AIDS in bisexual men in the U.S. "American Journal : : Of Public Health," 1992:82:220-24. : : 23. Cameron, P., Playfair, W. & Wellum, S. The lifespan of homo- : : sexuals. Paper presented at Eastern Psychological Association : : Convention, April 17, 1993. : : 24. Dooley, W.W. et al. Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis in a : : hospital unit for HIV-invected patients. "Journal of the American : : Medical Association," 1992:267:2632-35. : : 25. Schechter, M.T. et al. Changes in sexual behavior and fear of : : AIDS. "Lancet," 1984:1:1293. : : 26. Elford, J. et al. Kaposi's sarcoma and insertive rimming. "Lancet," : : 1992:339:938. : : 27. Beral, V. et al. Risk of Kaposi's sarcoma and sexual practices : : associated with faecal contact in homosexual or bisexual men with : : AIDS. "Lancet," 1992:339632-35. : : 28. Testimony before House Health & Environment Subcommittee, 2/24/92. : : 29. Ciesielski, C. et al. Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus : : in a dental practice. "Annals of Internal Medicine, 1992:116: : : 798-80; CDC Announcement Houston Post, 8/7/92 : : 30. Rubin, S. "Sex Education: Teachers Who Sexually Abuse Students." : : 24th International Congress on Psychology, Sydney, Australia, : : August 1988. : : 31. Cameron, P. & Cameron, K. Prevalence of homosexuality. "Psychology : : Reports," 1993, in press; Melbye, M. & Biggar, R.J. Interactions : : between persons at risk for AIDS and the general population in : : Denmark. "American Journal of Epidemiology," 1992:135:593-602. : : 32. Rodriguez-Pichardo, A. et al. Sexually transmitted diseases in : : homosexual males in Seville, Spain, "Geniourin Medicina," 1990: : : 66;423-427. : : 33. AIDS Prognosis, Washington Times, 2/13/93, C1. : : : : : : = - This educational pamphlet has been produced by FAMILY RESEARCH : : INSTITUTE, Inc., Paul Cameron, Ph.D., Chairman. Dr. Cameron is : : recognized worldwide as one of the foremost researchers in human : : sexuality. - = : : : : Other publications in the series by Dr. Cameron include: : : : : "What Causes Homosexual Desire and Can It Be Changed?" : : "Child Molestation and Homosexuality" : : "Born WHAT Way? : : "Murder, Violence and Homosexuality" : : : : Suggested donation for publications is: 11 for $5; 25 for $10; : : 100 for $35; 350 for $100; 1,000 for $250; 2,000 for $450, 10,000 : : for $2,000 postpaid. Remittance may be sent to: : : : : FAMILY RESEARCH INSTITUTE : : P. O. Box 2091 : : Washington, DC 20013 : : (703) 690-8536 : : : : The FAMILY RESEARCH REPORT Newsletter is $20/year. : : : : Copyright 1993, Family Research Institute, Inc. : : : HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM<