Governments should support research into the cure for male homosexuality

Homosexuality is not a diseaseHomosexuality is not listed as a mental disorder in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). According to the American Psychiatrists Association: "The American Psychiatric Association does not believe that same-sex orientation should or needs to be changed, and efforts to do so represent a significant risk of harm by subjecting individuals to forms of treatment which have not been scientifically validated and by undermining self-esteem when sexual orientation fails to change. No credible evidence exists that any mental health intervention can reliably and safely change sexual orientation; nor, from a mental health perspective does sexual orientation need to be changed. "Most gays do not suffer from their homosexualityIn fact, a study showed that gay men who have come out are less likely to be depressed than heterosexual men [2]. "Gay" also means "cheerful". Perhaps that is not a coincidence: gayadjective \G2;gā\ [3]: sexually attracted to someone who is the same sex: of, relating to, or used by homosexuals: happy and excited : cheerful and lively enough research doneA lot of research on homosexuality has already been done, with mixed results at best. Based on this research, the APA came to the conclusion that homosexuality cannot and should not be cured. PRO: In my view, it's time the international community ignored the opinions of fascist politicians and religious zealots and officially supported fund raising for research into the cure for male homosexuality. My opponent is short changing the fascists and religious zealots here. Fascists politicians subscribe to the idea that homosexuality is a disease. "Fascist Italy declared homosexuality to be a social disease. " [5] Some Nazis did try to cure homosexuality, albeit in a brutal way [6]:"Because some Nazis believed homosexuality was a sickness that could be cured, they designed policies to "cure" homosexuals of their "disease" through humiliation and hard work. Guards ridiculed and beat homosexual prisoners upon arrival, often separating them from other inmates. Rudolf Hess, commandant of Auschwitz, wrote in his memoirs that homosexuals were segregated in order to prevent homosexuality from spreading to other inmates and guards. "The methods of these fascists were cruel and ineffective though. Religious Zealots have done research on homosexuality. There is already non-government funded "research" on homosexuality by NARTH [4]. One of the "cures" the apply is "conversion therapy". For those few people who are bothered by their homosexual feelings there are a couple of options. Homosexuality sometimes conflicts with religious views of the person. In that case, the easiest solution is to "cure" the person from (this particular) religion. If the person does not want to change their religion, there is always the option of denial. Acceptance is the most healthy way to deal with homosexuality, but denial is another option. Methods have been developed to make denial as effective as possible. This is called "conversion therapy" ("pray away the gay"). The REAL problemThe real problem for homosexuals is not their sexual orientation but homophobia. So rather than funding research to "cure" homosexuality, government should support research to "cure" homophobia. Although homophobia is not a clinical diagnosis (it's not in the DSM-5) or an actual phobia, it is is an actual problem, unlike homosexuality itself. Homosexuals suffer from bigotry and discrimination. [7][7] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[1] . http://www.dsm5.org...[2] . http://www.usnews.com...[3] . http://www.merriam-webster.com...[4] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[5]http://en.wikipedia.org...[6] . http://www.ushmm.org...