Surveys Reveal Sex Practices of Homosexuals
by AFA Journal
September 15, 2006
(AgapePress) - - Two recent surveys of the homosexual community -- one in the U.S. and one in Ireland -- reveal that the homosexual lifestyle continues to be plagued by promiscuity and unsafe sex practices.
A survey by The Advocate, a homosexual magazine, revealed that promiscuity is a reality among homosexuals. The poll found that 20 percent of homosexuals said they had had 51-300 different sex partners in their lifetime, with an additional 8 percent having had more than 300.
Unprotected homosexual sex is also a concern among health professionals. A survey in Ireland by the Gay Men's Health Project found that almost half of homosexuals said they were having unprotected sex.
The Advocate survey seemed to underscore that. It found that 55 percent of homosexuals said they never (20%), occasionally (10%) or usually (25%) practiced so-called "safer sex."
Concerns have also grown over the increase in casual sex among homosexuals. One aspect of the Advocate poll was that 41 percent of homosexuals had met a sex partner online -- a habit that medical professionals say could be driving the increase in sexually transmitted diseases in the homosexual population.
The fact that many homosexuals appear to live their lives in sexual overdrive does not seem to concern leaders in the movement. In an editorial from the same issue (August 15) in which the survey results were published, The Advocate said: "[Homosexuals] have been proud leaders in the sexual revolution that started in the 1960s, and we have rejected attempts by conservatives to demonize that part of who we are."
This article, printed with permission, appears in the September 2006 issue of AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association.
