Why are so many gays disturbed

She finds it helps that the organization was founded by two lesbians, as they can recognize and be familiar with the challenges fellow members of their community face. Despite dementia being incurable, Purdue said, it is not inevitable. A NIH study found that 35 percent of cases could be prevented if people changed their behaviors to address social risk factors — late-life depression, substance abuse, and social isolation among them.

Gay Community Faces Increased Risk of Dementia

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As explained elsewhere on this site , sexual orientation is not a mental illness nor is it inherently associated with impaired psychological functioning. Gay men and lesbians function effectively in a wide variety of employment settings. The research literature doesn't reveal any differences between heterosexuals, bisexuals, and homosexuals in job performance or ability to properly exercise authority in supervisory roles.

Adult LGBT Population in the United States

Table 2 and Figure 2. More than half About one-quarter Less than one in five In terms of the number of LGBT adults, the top states with the largest number of LGBT adults are also the states with the largest overall populations, except for Washington, which is 13 th in terms of overall adult population and 10th in terms of the adult LGBT population.