Study shows LBGTQ individuals are more likely to abuse steroids than their peers

[NewYorkExpress]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/03/us-gay-and-bisexual-idUSBREA1215C20140203

This looks like a health problem... but are there political impacts to this as well? (is this ammunition for Republicans?)

[Beezer]

No more gays in baseball?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

What does the Q stand for?

[MaxQue]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

[bedstuy]

The statistics here are unbelievable.  I'm sure there's some methodological problem that casts doubt on the study.  21% of gay kids use steroids?  No way on earth that's true.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The statistics here are unbelievable.  I'm sure there's some methodological problem that casts doubt on the study.  21% of gay kids use steroids?  No way on earth that's true.

Maybe the percentages are off, but you can't sign on to Grindr for a second without knowing the gay community has a real problem with steroids. Never mind the fact that masculine "bro" types are very trendy right now, making the existing problem of widespread gay body dysmorphia even worse.

[bedstuy]

The statistics here are unbelievable.  I'm sure there's some methodological problem that casts doubt on the study.  21% of gay kids use steroids?  No way on earth that's true.

Maybe the percentages are off, but you can't sign on to Grindr for a second without knowing the gay community has a real problem with steroids. Never mind the fact that masculine "bro" types are very trendy right now, making the existing problem of widespread gay body dysmorphia even worse.

Well, you don't need to use steroids to be in good shape.  Gay men work out more often than straight men, for sure.  So, it's pretty difficult to say based on a person's physique, unless they're a bodybuilder.   

In any case, there is a huge problem in the gay community with use of methamphetamines, MDMA and cocaine.  In comparison to those drugs, steroids are actually fairly benign drugs. 

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

The statistics here are unbelievable.  I'm sure there's some methodological problem that casts doubt on the study.  21% of gay kids use steroids?  No way on earth that's true.

Maybe the percentages are off, but you can't sign on to Grindr for a second without knowing the gay community has a real problem with steroids. Never mind the fact that masculine "bro" types are very trendy right now, making the existing problem of widespread gay body dysmorphia even worse.

Well, you don't need to use steroids to be in good shape.  Gay men work out more often than straight men, for sure.  So, it's pretty difficult to say based on a person's physique, unless they're a bodybuilder.   

In any case, there is a huge problem in the gay community with use of methamphetamines, MDMA and cocaine.  In comparison to those drugs, steroids are actually fairly benign drugs. 

Ever seen the results of roid-rage? I have... they're not benign.

FM is exactly right, there is a big problem with steroids in certain segments of the gay community and it does come down to the body-image complex. Which also links to some elements of the drug culture, alcohol = empty calories.

[7,052,770]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

In the due course of time and progress, this initialism/acronym will be about twenty characters long.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

In the due course of time and progress, this initialism/acronym will be about twenty characters long.

In some places I've seen LGBTQQIAAP.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

In the due course of time and progress, this initialism/acronym will be about twenty characters long.

In some places I've seen LGBTQQIAAP.

"Progress, man's distinctive mark alone.
Not God's, and not the beasts';
God is, they are.
Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be."

I don't remember all the punctuation that I memorized from pledging, but that's about it.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The non-homophobe alphabet soup really needs to stop before it gets sillier than it already is.  At the rate things are going, it may not be long before they add a C for those who prefer to have sex with those who have had a colostomy or an N for those who engage in consensual necrophilia with their dead partner.

[traininthedistance]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

In the due course of time and progress, this initialism/acronym will be about twenty characters long.

In some places I've seen LGBTQQIAAP.

What does the second A mean?  I can make out the rest.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

In the due course of time and progress, this initialism/acronym will be about twenty characters long.

In some places I've seen LGBTQQIAAP.

What does the second A mean?  I can make out the rest.

Allies. As you might imagine, there's a lot of resistance to having it there, including among people who are comfortable with the general idea of the initialism being very long and specific.

[MaxQue]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

In the due course of time and progress, this initialism/acronym will be about twenty characters long.

In some places I've seen LGBTQQIAAP.

What does the second A mean?  I can make out the rest.

Allies, i.e. straight people for gay rights (like in the Gay-Straight Alliances).

The LGBT organisation of my area was created under the name "alternative sexualities", which created some ruckus, since some considered it was making heterosexuality superior

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Or questioning.

[traininthedistance]

What does the Q stand for?

Queer.

Questioning, I believe.

Sometimes you'll see LGBTQQ for both.

When there's only one Q, though, it's almost always, in my experience at least, meant to stand for 'Queer'.

In the due course of time and progress, this initialism/acronym will be about twenty characters long.

In some places I've seen LGBTQQIAAP.

What does the second A mean?  I can make out the rest.

Allies. As you might imagine, there's a lot of resistance to having it there, including among people who are comfortable with the general idea of the initialism being very long and specific.

Okay then.  I respect that it is very much not my prerogative to say what letters should or shouldn't get appended onto that string, but I kinda wonder if at some point it just pragmatically makes more sense to give up and just use "queer" to refer to everyone, or stick with LGBT(Q) for brevity's sake, in the understanding that it's a synecdoche.

I guess suggesting that means I'm not really an ally.  Oops.

[CatoMinor]

Do people really say "LGBTTIQQ2SA" or "LGBTQQIAAP" and expect to not sound ridiculous?

[DC Al Fine]

Do people really say "LGBTTIQQ2SA" or "LGBTQQIAAP" and expect to not sound ridiculous?

Not a lot of people, but yes.

[afleitch]

For me (and I'll probably get abuse for this) it should stop at LGB. Trans issues and other matters of gender identity, while I am very sympathetic towards them, are very different from the right of people to have normative sexual relations with someone of the same sex.

On the matter of body issues, the study has an 'iffy' sample, but body issues for men in general, regardless of sexuality are a major problem. When masculine seeks masculine, then that get's more complicated.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

I think there is an argument for separating 'sexuality' from 'gender'

[Mechaman]

For me (and I'll probably get abuse for this) it should stop at LGB. Trans issues and other matters of gender identity, while I am very sympathetic towards them, are very different from the right of people to have normative sexual relations with someone of the same sex.

On the matter of body issues, the study has an 'iffy' sample, but body issues for men in general, regardless of sexuality are a major problem. When masculine seeks masculine, then that get's more complicated.

 
I'm not at all offended by this post, but I believe the bolded part is worded wrongly.  Sure, Trans identity is mainly gender focused but at the end of the day there are many of these people who inevitably do end up in normative sex relations with people of the same biological sex.  While the porn industry stereotype that Transes are super sluts is definitely false, they are still, like the rest of us, horny people.  Many of them who get in relationships before SRS (getting money for such a procedure could take YEARS for many) probably can't wait until they get the surgery over and done with to be intimate with their partners.
And then you have the "non-op" types who don't have plans to transition, whether for medical reasons or personal preferences.  

Point is, inevitably Transgender issues do involve same sex intercourse.  While those of us educated on the matter would easily conclude that a relationship between a masculine heterosexual man and a feminine pre-operative transwoman is straight, ignorants and bigots lump that in with the rest of the crew just off the basis that it's penis in butt.  Such a couple would be easier to blend into society than an outright gay couple (I might get abuse for this point too, lol), but it's pretty common for them to experience bigotry once others find out that they both have cars in their garages despite the houses looking completely different, to be super metaphorical about it all.
I actually do agree with you on the whole lettering thing (actually, I find the obsession with abbreviations for everything irritating, so I guess it's easy to agree with anybody on less letters.  It's not like being opposed to letters is pro-Hitler or anything), but more on the basis of gender than sex.  After all, this couple:



don't at all look like this couple:


Edit: But this isn't to say that all "trans" couples look like the above.  The first picture in some circumstances could qualify as a "trans" couple if one of the men was born a female.  But regardless.

Don't mean to offend at all here, just not sure that's the right terminology to use.  I do agree with you though that overall the LGB part is chiefly concerned with relationship rights while the T is chiefly concerned with biological issues (which do include a good amount of civil rights, to be fair).
Again, sorry if I sound like I'm nitpicking, lol

EDIT: Had to clarify the position a little bit better.