: Child Molestation , Religion , and Homosexuality

Comparative data of childhood and adolescence molestation in heterosexual and homosexual persons.

In research with 942 nonclinical adult participants, gay men and lesbian women reported a significantly higher rate of childhood molestation than did heterosexual men and women. Forty-six percent of the homosexual men in contrast to 7% of the heterosexual men reported homosexual molestation. Twenty-two percent of lesbian women in contrast to 1% of heterosexual women reported homosexual molestat...

Sexual molestation of males: associations with psychological disturbance.

BACKGROUND There are no epidemiological data in Europe on associations between sexual molestation in males and psychological disturbance. AIMS To investigate whether sexual molestation in males is a significant predictor of psychological disturbance. METHOD We recruited men attending general practice and genitourinary medicine services. Participants took part in a computerised interview abo...

Access to Fertility Treatments for Homosexual and Unmarried Persons, through Iranian Law and Islamic Perspective

Background A family traditionally consisted of a married man, his wife, and their children. The new reproductive technologies including use of the third party as egg, sperm and embryo donation and also surrogacy have changed the traditional meanings of lineage, ancestry and family. The increasing number of lesbians and gays in addition to single women requesting fertility treatment from IVF cen...

The godfather of psychoanalysis: circumcision, antisemitism, homosexuality, and Freud's "Fighting Jew".

The importance of spirituality among gay and lesbian individuals.

Religion is a conduit for expressing spirituality. Since most mainstream religions condemn any form of homosexuality one would expect that gay men and lesbians would have little to do with spirituality. Experts, however, believe that gay and lesbian individuals would especially benefit from spiritual nourishment because of the oppression they face. Using an instrument that measures spiritual we...