GAYS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE GAY MEN ARE SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT S**ICIDE THAN STRAIGHT MALES GAY MALES ARE 12X MORE LIKELY TO USE AMPHETAMINES THAN STRAIGHT MALES GAY MALES ARE 10X MORE LIKELY TO USE HEROIN THAN STRAIGHT MALES GAY PEOPLE ARE 2-3X MORE LIKELY TO ABUSE ALCOHOL THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE GAY MALES ARE 60X MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HIV THAN STRAIGHT MALES 75% OF STRAIGHT MALES ARE FAITHFUL TO THEIR PARTNERS - COMPARED TO JUST 4.5% OF GAY MALES MOST “LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS” BETWEEN GAY MALES LAST LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS IN BERLIN, 83% OF GAY MALES IN “STEADY” RELATIONSHIPS HAVE HAD FREQUENT AFFAIRS IN THE LAST YEAR CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) HAS SHOWN THAT THE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR HOMOSEXUALS IS ABOUT 20 YEARS SHORTER THAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC TRANSSEXUALS HAVE 4X MORE HIV THAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC 50% OF TRANSSEXUALS HAVE TRIED AND FAILED TO COMMIT SUICIDE (WOAH, WE’RE HALFWAY THERE) TRANSSEXUALS WHO UNDERGO SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE 65% OF TRANSEXUAL YOUTH HAVE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR ONLY 21% OF TRANSEXUALS CAN SUCCESSFULLY PASS AS THE OPPOSITE GENDER GAY AND TRANSGENDER STUDENTS ARE 50% LESS LIKELY TO GRADUATE THAN STRAIGHT STUDENTS 20-40% OF HOMELESS CHILDREN ARE TRANSSEXUALS ⅓ TRANSEXUALS ARE BEING TREATED FOR MENTAL HEALTH
