CDC: Gay lifestyle fraught with violence
ATLANTA, Georgia,- The Centers for Disease Control's "National Intimate Partner and Sexual
Violence Survey" (NISVS) has found that homosexuals disproportionately
suffer violence, and inflict violence on one another.
The CDC survey is the first of its kind to present
comparisons of victimization by sexual orientation for men and women. Its data
indicate that homosexuals experience sexual violence at much higher rates than
heterosexual men and women.
Twenty-six percent of homosexual men and 37% of bisexual men
experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner.
Forty-four percent of lesbians and 61% of bisexual women
experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in
their lifetime.
Half (48%) of bisexual women who have been raped experienced
their first completed rape between the ages of 11 and 17 years.
Significantly, the CDC report found that sexual violence began
in childhood for many homosexual transgenders and bisexual women. The CDC did
not, however, draw any conclusions about childhood sexual violence being the
cause of men becoming homosexual or women becoming bisexual.
The gay activist group Human Rights Campaign blames the sexual violence on "poverty, stigma,
and marginalization," but critics of the gay agenda say violence is
intrinsic to the inner-conflicted homosexual orientation.
"We also face higher rates of hate-motivated
violence," Human Rights Campaign claims, and, "the ways in which
society … stigmatizes our relationships can lead to intimate partner violence
that stems from internalized homophobia and shame." But critics say sodomy
itself is a violent act of hate, not love, and the high rate of violence among
homosexuals is not surprising.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights' Lauren Paulk admits that the gay community turns a blind
eye to sexual violence. "Until recently, [LGBTQ] intra-community sexual
assault went largely unacknowledged, particularly for women who have sex with
women."
"A particularly disturbing dynamic arises when the assaults
are perpetrated by other LGBT community members," Paulk admits. Denial,
misrecognition, and the dismissal of outside-the-community concern as latent
homophobia are examples of responses to sexual assault that occurs between
members of the LGBT community."
"Survivors of assault may not know where to turn, either
because they fear they will not be believed or supported, or because they do
not want to malign another member of the community or reinforce negative
stereotypes," Paulk wrote.
The rate of stalking among bisexual women (37%) is more than
double the rate among heterosexual women.
Nearly 1 in 3 bisexual women (37%) were injured as a result of
rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner.
