Homosexuality among Males

Abstract

Male homosexuality has strong biological basis; social and psychologicaltheories also advocate it as a normal behavioral variant. It has beendropped out from the list of disorders by American PsychiatricAssociation as well as World Health Organization. Male homosexuals aremarginalized due to stigma, victimized by the negative attitude of societydue to their association with HIV/AIDS and hence venerable to variousmental illnesses like depression, substance use disorder, anxietydisorders and suicide.