Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-597).
Contents:
<U+2022> FOREWORD <U+2022> <U+2022> PREFACE <U+2022> INTRODUCTION: WHY BE CONCERNED about HOMOSEXUALITY? A Public Health Crisis <U+2022> The Need to Address Homosexuality --- Chapter 1 <U+2022> SEXUAL ORIENTATION, the “BORN GAY” MYTH, and POPULATION ESTIMATES Attempts to Define “Sexual Orientation” <U+2022> The “Born “Gay” Myth <U+2022> U.S. Population Statistics: How Many Are Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual? Chapter 2 <U+2022> GAY-LESBIAN-BISEXUAL HEALTH ISSUES Agreement on GLB Health Disparities <U+2022> Shortened Lifespan <U+2022> Why We Don<U+2019>t Hear More about GLB Health Hazards Chapter 3 <U+2022> GLB MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS Anxiety, Depression, Suicidality, Substance Abuse <U+2022> Suicidal Thinking and Behaviors <U+2022> Eating Disorders and Self-Image Insecurities <U+2022> Causes of Psychological Distress <U+2022> Politicization of the APA Chapter 4 <U+2022> GLB PARTNER ABUSE Partner Abuse a Huge Problem <U+2022> Homosexual Men <U+2022> Lesbian and Bisexual Women <U+2022> LGBT Groups Note Same-Sex Homicides <U+2022> New Forms of LGBT Partner Abuse Chapter 5 <U+2022> BDSM: Bondage, Dominance, Sexual Sadomasochism Consent, Sexual Aggression, Abuse <U+2022> BDSM Is Common in GLB Community <U+2022> BDSM Practice Is Spreading Chapter 6 <U+2022> MSM: “Men Who Have Sex with Men” “MSM” Definition <U+2022> How Today<U+2019>s “Gay” Subculture Is Different <U+2022> Unstable Lifestyle, Risky Sexual Practices, Disproportionate Disease among MSM Chapter 7 <U+2022> MSM LIFESTYLE and DISEASE RISK Promiscuity <U+2022> Pornography Use and Addiction <U+2022> Prostitution <U+2022> High Levels of Partner Abuse <U+2022> Substance Abuse: Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs Chapter 8 <U+2022> MSM SEXUAL PRACTICES Anal Intercourse (penis in rectum) <U+2022> Barebacking (anal intercourse without condoms) <U+2022> Bestiality <U+2022> Breath Control, Suffocation, Erotic Asphyxiation <U+2022> Body Modifications: Tattoos, Piercings, Branding, Scarring <U+2022> BDSM <U+2022> Catheters and Sounds <U+2022> CBT: “Cock and Ball Torture” <U+2022> Corporal Punishment <U+2022> Electric Shock Play <U+2022> Enemas and Douching <U+2022> Felching <U+2022> Fisting <U+2022> Leather and Kink <U+2022> Mutual Masturbation <U+2022> Oral Sex, Fellatio, Sucking, Blow Job <U+2022> Rimming, Anilingus, Oral-Anal Sex <U+2022> Saline Injections <U+2022> Scat Play, Coprophilia, Pig Sex <U+2022> “Sex Toys” <U+2022> Teabagging, Scrotum Sucking <U+2022> Tit Torture <U+2022> Watersports, Piss Play, Golden Showers Chapter 9 <U+2022> DISEASE RESULTING from MSM LIFESTYLE and SEXUAL PRACTICES Overview: Disease among MSM <U+2022> HIV/AIDS <U+2022> HPV (Human Papillomavirus) <U+2022> Cancers in MSM <U+2022> Genital Herpes <U+2022> Molluscum <U+2022> Viral Hepatitis <U+2022> Chlamydia and LGV <U+2022> Gonorrhea <U+2022> Syphilis <U+2022> Tuberculosis and HIV Co-Infection <U+2022> Typhoid Fever <U+2022> Urethritis <U+2022> Epididymitis <U+2022> Prostatitis <U+2022> Gay Bowel Syndrome <U+2022> Rectal Incontinence <U+2022> Other Damage to Anus and Bowels <U+2022> Penis and Scrotum Injuries <U+2022> Aging Issues: Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Physical Disability, Psychological Distress, Impotence Chapter 10 <U+2022> HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC What Is HIV/AIDS? <U+2022> HIV/AIDS Symptoms <U+2022> HIV as Part of MSM Syndemic <U+2022> Grim Outlook for HIV-Positive Person <U+2022> Shortened Lifespan Related to HIV/AIDS <U+2022> HIV/AIDS Transmission <U+2022> MSM Risk of Acquiring HIV/AIDS <U+2022> HIV a “Re-emergent Epidemic” among MSM <U+2022> CDC<U+2019>s HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies Chapter 11 <U+2022> HIV/AIDS EXCEPTIONALISM: Public Health Measures Not Taken No Strategy for Notification of Sex Partners <U+2022> Western Libertarian Sexual Ideology Driving Public Health <U+2022> New Threat to the Blood Bank? <U+2022> Suggestions for Change of Direction at CDC <U+2022> Outside US: Reducing Number of Partners Successful Chapter 12 <U+2022> HIV/AIDS IS a “GAY” DISEASE: A Closer Look at CDC Statistics Great Majority of New HIV Infections in MSM <U+2022> MSM Only Category with HIV Increasing <U+2022> MSM Need to “Own It to End It” <U+2022> Women and HIV/AIDS Chapter 13 <U+2022> BISEXUALS: MEN and WOMEN Definition of “Bisexual” <U+2022> How Many Are Bisexual? <U+2022> Bisexuals Lead All “Sexual Orientations” in Incidence of Pathologies <U+2022> “Safer Sex” for Bisexuals <U+2022> Bisexual Men Act as Disease Bridge to Women Chapter 14 <U+2022> HETEROSEXUAL ANAL INTERCOURSE Chapter 15 <U+2022> LESBIANS and BISEXUAL WOMEN Population Statistics: How Many Women Identify as Lesbian or Bisexual? <U+2022> Many Lesbians Have Sex with Men <U+2013> But Do Not Identify as Bisexual Chapter 16 <U+2022> LESBIAN and BISEXUAL WOMEN: LIFESTYLE and DISEASE RISK Mental Health Disorders <U+2022> Substance Abuse: Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs <U+2022> Lesbian Partner Abuse <U+2022> Promiscuity, Short-lived Relationships <U+2022> Online Dating, Casual Sex, Non-monogamy <U+2022> No Pregnancies; Abortions <U+2022> Obesity, Lack of Fitness, Poor Diet <U+2022> Pornography Use <U+2022> BDSM <U+2022> Prostitution Chapter 17 <U+2022> LESBIAN SEXUAL PRACTICES Oral Sex, Cunnilingus, “Eating Out” <U+2022> Tribadism, Tribbing, Scissoring, Dry Humping <U+2022> Fingering, Hand Job, Digital-Vaginal Contact <U+2022> Anal Sex (Various Practices) <U+2022> Rimming, Anilingus, Oral-Anal <U+2022> Fisting: Vaginal and Anal <U+2022> “Sex Toys” <U+2022> Urine and Menstrual Discharge Fetishes <U+2022> Artificial Fellatio <U+2022> Packing Chapter 18 <U+2022> DISEASE RESULTING from LESBIAN LIFESTYLE and SEXUAL PRACTICES Overview <U+2022> Bacterial Vaginosis <U+2022> Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea <U+2022> HPV (Human Papillomavirus) <U+2022> Trichomoniasis <U+2022> Viral Hepatitis <U+2022> Herpes, Types 1 and 2 <U+2022> HIV/AIDS among WSW <U+2022> Yeast Infections <U+2022> Polycystic Ovary Syndrome <U+2022> Cancers <U+2022> Heart Disease <U+2022> Chronic Health Issues: Arthritis, Asthma, Disability, Type 2 Diabetes, General Poor Health Chapter 19 <U+2022> GLB ELDERS: SOCIAL and HEALTH ISSUES Chapter 20 <U+2022> TRANSGENDERISM Transgender: Definition and Population Estimates <U+2022> Transgender Campaign Is Decades Old <U+2022> At War with Biological Reality <U+2022> Transgenderism Is a Mental Disorder <U+2022> Transgender Physical Health Issues <U+2022> Child Abuse: Puberty-Blocking Drugs for “Transgender” Children <U+2022> Cross-Dressing, Transvestism Chapter 21 <U+2022> PUBLIC HEALTH COSTS of STD and HIV/AIDS EPIDEMICS <U+2022> ENDNOTES <U+2022>
Summary:
"Health Hazards describes the baneful nature of the homosexual lifestyle and its high-risk sexual practices that invite illness. The book brings together widely dispersed facts, carefully documenting the disproportionate incidence of disease and mental disorders in the GLB community. A brief survey of the "transgender" phenomenon is included. There are up-to-date links in the 1,800 endnotes, citing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, medical professional associations, research journals, LGBT medical and advocacy groups, and media reports."--Back cover.
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