Homosexuality IS an illness...

[NicholeW.]

Here's the bottom line, Sigma Prime.

"Homosexuality" is not a mental illness. Period. It's a normally-occurring part of the human condition. As is transsexuality and prolly so-called transgender behavior as well.

If you check the TOS you will find that if you or anyone else has a problem of some sort with accepting gender/sexual divergences in human behavior that perhaps another site would be best for you or they to make known those opinions.

This topic is now locked.

Nichole

[Arch]

Thereby declare that a person who didn't start HRT until his/her forties isn't likely to have special problems with body image. Furthermore, even a person who is post-transitional is likely to go through stages in which he/she feels like some kind of imposter. People who have GID actually do have a special set of problems that need to be addressed.

I quite agree, but that doesn't mean that GID is a mental illness or that we should consider it a mental illness. And ditto for homosexuality. We might as well designate divorce or grief as a mental illness just so we can make sure that people who are divorcing or grieving get any help they need. For me, this does not compute.

Edited to add: Oops, I guess I snuck into a locked topic by virtue of being a moderator.

[Susan]

I am appalled that this was posted on my forums. Homosexuality is no more of an illness than transsexuality. It can't be cured, it is innate to a person's being. Anyone who thinks otherwise is ignorant, or simply deluding themselves.