London professor condemns fundamentalists for misinterpreting his research
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A leading British academic has spoken out after his work into homosexuality and depression was presented as proof that gay people are mentally disordered.
Fundamentalist Christian news sources LifeSite and OneNewsNow published an article which claimed research by Michael King, University College London's Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, proves lesbians, gays and bisexuals experience depression because homosexuality itself is a mental disorder.
"LifeSite News and OneNewsNow have misinterpreted our review," he said.
"Evidence from around the world identifies the main stressors leading to mental distress in gay and lesbian people as discrimination, prejudice, bullying in schools and colleges, and the consequent need for many LGB people to keep their homosexual identity secret, even from their families.
"Discrimination on the grounds of sexuality is even more devastating than other forms of discrimination such as racism, as it reaches right into families and leaves no refuge for its victims.
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A leading British academic has spoken out after his work into homosexuality and depression was presented as proof that gay people are mentally disordered.
Fundamentalist Christian news sources LifeSite and OneNewsNow published an article which claimed research by Michael King, University College London's Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, proves lesbians, gays and bisexuals experience depression because homosexuality itself is a mental disorder.
"LifeSite News and OneNewsNow have misinterpreted our review," he said.
"Evidence from around the world identifies the main stressors leading to mental distress in gay and lesbian people as discrimination, prejudice, bullying in schools and colleges, and the consequent need for many LGB people to keep their homosexual identity secret, even from their families.
"Discrimination on the grounds of sexuality is even more devastating than other forms of discrimination such as racism, as it reaches right into families and leaves no refuge for its victims.
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