APA - All major professional mental health organizations have gone on record to affirm that homosexuality is not a mental disorder.

APA - Homosexuality was once thought to be the result of troubled family dynamics or faulty psychological development. Those assumptions are now understood to have been based on misinformation and prejudice.

APA - Pedophilia is almost exclusively found in men, and the great majority of these men identify as heterosexual.

APA - Even among people who sexually abuse children of their same gender, most are attracted to adults of the opposite gender .

APA - GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL YOUTH ARE UP TO 6 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE DURING ADOLESCENCE THAN HETEROSEXUAL PEERS

APA - GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL YOUTH ARE ALSO UP TO 6 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SERIOUS SUBSTANCE USE OR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS (DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY) THAT ARE KNOWN RISK FACTORS FOR BOTH ATTEMPTED AND COMPLETED SUICIDE

APA - EVEN AFTER CONTROLLING FOR THESE OTHER KNOWN RISK FACTORS, STATUS AS GAY, LESBIAN OR BISEXUAL MAY CONFER AN INDEPENDENT RISK FOR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RELATED TO DIFFICULTIES EXPRESSING A MINORITY SEXUAL IDENTITY IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT PERMEATED BY ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL BIAS

APA - OTHER POSSIBLE SOCIAL RISK FACTORS FOR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE INCLUDE GENDER NON-CONFORMITY, EARLY AWARENESS OF HOMOSEXUALITY, LACK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT, SCHOOL DROPOUT, FAMILY PROBLEMS, SUICIDE ATTEMTPS BY FRIENDS OR RELATIVES AND HOMELESSNESS

APA - he children of unmarried gay and lesbian parents do not have the same protection that civil marriage affords the children of heterosexual couples.

APA - Support of Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Civil Marriage

APA - Numerous studies over the last three decades consistently demonstrate that children raised by gay or lesbian parents exhibit the same level of emotional, cognitive, social, and sexual functioning as children raised by heterosexual parents

APA - optimal development for children is based not on the sexual orientation of the parents, but on stable attachments to committed and nurturing adults. The research also shows that children who have two parents, regardless of the parents’ sexual orientations, do better than children with only one parent.

APA - the issue of changing sexual orientation has become highly politicized. The integration of gays and lesbians into the mainstream of American society is opposed by those who fear that such integration is morally wrong and harmful to the social fabriC

APA - The American Psychiatric Association opposes any psychiatric treatment, such as “reparative” or “conversion” therapy, which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder

APA - Numerous studies have shown that the children of gay parents are as likely to be healthy and well adjusted as children raised in heterosexual households. Children raised in gay or lesbian households do not show any greater incidence of homosexuality or gender identity issues than other children.

There are many churches that are open and accepting of the glbt

gay is so much more than who you are attracted to

just because i'm gay doesn't mean i find you attractive

84% of glbt students are harassed

85% of americans under 30 support hate crimes laws

there are 1 million gay and lesbian veterans living in the United States

hate crimes against glbt americans are on the rise

80% of catholics agree with the statement "Marriage is about love and commitment, Regardless of how i personally feel about gay people getting married, i don't think it's my place to judge these people's love for and commitment to each other"

1 out of every 10 people are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender