Gay Marriage: For or Against?

[Twisp]

Originally Posted by coadie

That is why we eat fried chicken. Your animal consent doctrine is a worthless change of subject.


Exhibitionism: the recurrent urge or behavior to expose one's genitals to an unsuspecting person.
Fetishism: the use of non-sexual or nonliving objects or part of a person's body to gain sexual excitement. Partialism refers to fetishes specifically involving nonsexual parts of the body.
Frotteurism: the recurrent urges or behavior of touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person.
Masochism: the recurrent urge or behavior of wanting to be humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer.
Pedophilia: the sexual attraction to prepubescent children.
Sadism: the recurrent urge or behavior involving acts in which the pain or humiliation of the victim is sexually exciting.
Transvestic fetishism: a sexual attraction towards the clothing of the opposite gender.
Voyeurism: the recurrent urge or behavior to observe an unsuspecting person who is naked, disrobing or engaging in sexual activities.
Other paraphilias are grouped together under "Other paraphilias not otherwise specified."

Homosexuality was previously listed as a paraphilia in the DSM-I and DSM-II, but this was declassified from both DSM-III and DSM-IV, consistent with the change of attitude among and lobbying by gay Psychiatrists. Gay psychologists have no cure for homosexual behavior.

The DSM IV TR will become even more liberal.

. Paraphilias without DSM codes listed come under DSM 302.9, "Paraphilia NOS (Not Otherwise Specified)".

A 2009 list contains a total of 547 paraphilias, but leads with the statement that "Not all these paraphilias have necessarily been seen in clinical setups.

A good reason to take homosexuality off the mental illness list means a gay can't get counseling for gay issues and have it covered by insurance.

But the study you referenced gathered that homosexuality had a biological basis. I assume you agree, since you are arguing based on that study?