Those were mostly taken from what Akenaton said, daylia, sorry.

But it seems pretty obvious that you also think of homosexuality as a problem for the people who are that way oriented.

I don't disagree that children who experience their sexuality, especially in the beginning of adolescence, often have difficulties, but that stands true for most kids. Do children who find themselves attracted to their own gender have more difficulites? Most likely many of them do. They live in a society that often rejects them for this in very brutal ways.

Will that then affect them emotionally? Well yes, in many instances it will. Some can be scarred for life.

My objection to what I think you and akenaton are saying is that their gender preference causes the problems internally. I think it is the external problems in the guise of those who oppose, often with tremendous anger and violence-people who are different...and NOT just sexually different.

We are beleaguered as a society with having to constantly create "us and them" mentalities. The "them" are often ostracised and belittled. It's a way of making the tribe feel stronger and safer.

But it's not a tribe I am proud to be a part of.