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Adults who intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual are more likely than adults who intify as straight to experience ser thoughts of suici, mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos and they are more likely to e substanc like alhol or dgs, acrdg to a new US ernment report.

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PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BI HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE E PROBLEMS, SURVEY FDS

There are issu to nsir around homosexualy and mental health.

While beg gay is not a mental illns any way, studi do show that people who are LGBTQIA+ show greater levels of anxiety, prsn, substance e disorrs and suicidal feelgs. 1 This is likely due to the gay discrimatn and stigma that the groups face and not due to their sexualy. Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBTQIA+) people n, of urse, have a mental illns like any other person but the Amerin Psychologil Associatn is explic when not characterizg homosexualy as a mental illns:2.

"Homosexualy per se impli no impairment judgment, stabily, reliabily, or general social and votnal pabili.

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