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How is being gay not a mental disorder?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Because falling in love is not a mental disorder.

  • 5 years ago

    How Is Being Straight Not A Mental Disorder?

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I class being homosexual as a genetic disability. The people affected are not mentally ill just their genetics has programmed their brain to be sexually attracted to others of the same sex.

  • 5 years ago

    Being gay is a sexuality, so is being straight. By that logic being straight is also a mental disorder.

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Being gay is not a mental disorder.

    Being an obsessed homophobic troll on the internet is:

    https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-s...

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Because it's not.

    Source(s): How is the moon not made of cheese! Because it isn't.
  • 5 years ago

    For the same reason being left handed is not a mental disorder, it's a natural variant of human sexuality, just like left handedness is a natural variant.

  • 5 years ago

    Because IT IS A MENTAL DISORDER!!!! Psychiatrists at Johns-Hopkins say so, too. I don't understand why this isn't made more public knowledge!! Why should we celebrate someone's illness? We should help them instead.

  • 5 years ago

    It is. How could anyone not be attracted to girls?

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    It is at least partly genetically determined.

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