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ok, so i was looking up some stuff on psycology cuz i've developed an interest in that field of study for my future, and i stumbled across a nifty bit of info for all of us! yes, i am talking weird, cuz i'm really hyper. forgive me. anyways, yeah, read this:

Psychology was one of the first disciplines to study homosexuality as a discrete phenomenon. In the late 19th and throughout most of the 20th centuries, pathological models of homosexuality were standard. On December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association, removed homosexuality from its official list of mental disorders. The American Psychological Association Council of Representatives adopted the same measure on January 24-26, 1975.

Major psychological research on homosexuality can be divided into five categories:
Which factors cause people to be attracted to their own sex?
What are the causes of discrimination against gays and lesbians and how can this be influenced?
Does being gay or lesbian affect one's health status, psychological functioning or general well-being?
What determines successful adaptation to a rejecting social climate in gays and lesbians? Why is homosexuality central to the identity of some gays and lesbians, but peripheral to the identity of others?
How do children of lesbian and gay parents develop?

Psychological research in this area includes examining mental health issues (including stress, depression, or addictive behavior) faced by gay and lesbian people as a result of the difficulties they experience because of their sexual orientation

Suicide: Gay and bisexual male youths are over 13 times more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual male youths. No such difference was found between lesbian and straight female youths. Gay and lesbian youth who attempt suicide are disproportionately subject to anti-gay attitudes, and have weaker skills for coping with discrimination, isolation, and loneliness, than those who do not attempt suicide.

Psychiatric Disorders:In a Dutch study, gay men reported significantly higher mood and anxiety disorders than straight men, and lesbians were significantly more likely to experience depression (but not other mood or anxiety disorders) than straight women. This difference may be caused by the stresses gay and lesbian people face stemming from anti-gay attitudes. However, a Netherlands study (where homosexuality is much more widely accepted than that in the U.S.) shows that mental health problems in homosexuals are still much higher than in heterosexuals, despite the more tolerant society.

All I see is technobabble which makes me not want to read.