Homosexuals and Health Risk

As the world grew more modern, society has become more open and accepting to even the most controversial issues. Homosexuality is no longer considered a social taboo but it has even been raised as a civil right. However, with the rise of homosexuals, it has also brought on the rise of sexual transmitted diseases such as syphilis, HIV and AIDS. How did this came to be? Studies had identified that most homosexuals don't practice safe sex and when sexual activity is practiced outside of marriage, the consequences can be quite serious.

Before we talk about into how the rise of homosexuality brought on the rise of high risk STDs, let us try and define the meaning of homosexuality. Explaining homosexuality is not that simple, but the general understanding is that it is an attraction towards the same sex. The word "gay" derived from the French word "Gaie" while the word "lesbian" came from the Greek island of Lesbos, where the famous lesbian poet Sapphos lived. However to identify a true homosexual is not easy as there many situation or conditions that may lead or allude to homosexuality. But how does one become a homosexual? There are no simple answers on how or why they became this way. Some suggests that homosexuals are born this way that their sexual orientations are transmitted into their genes. Others theorized that it came from their upbringing and environment, that a male raised by a dominant female figure or a girl with all-male siblings might affect said individual's sexual preference. A once popular theory was that homosexuality was brought on by some sort of childhood trauma, but this claim was later dismissed. But to some, homosexuality can be considered a phase, some women reported that their first homosexual experience had happened in their twenties as did in their thirties, forties or fifties. But there is some evidence that for some people homosexual experiences may well be part of a transitional or experimental phase in their youth. This is hardly surprising given that adolescence is a period of change in which many people find who they are and what they want for themselves in adult life.

Just like heterosexual relationships, homosexuals would like to also be given the right to get married. Many activists has fought for this right as gay marriages are against the law, but there a few countries and states that allow or are considering gay marriages. In fact, the Netherlands became the first modern nation to give same-sex couples the legal right to marry and in Nepal, their recognition has been judicially mandated but not yet legislated. However, homosexuals who are able to get married might run in some problems with the law as their marriage might have been done outside their state or country and their marriage isn't recognized once they return (Horton S., 2008). Besides, like any couples, they might face some rocky roads in their relationship and if it took the turn