Indian Minister of Health: Disease and Not That Friendly Fair

New Delhi, India, Friendly is a deviation of sexual orientation penyukai experienced same-sex, both men and women. But Health Minister of India mentions homosexuality as a disease
and as it is not reasonable.

"The disease of men having sex with men (Men Having Sex With Men, or MSM) are found in developed countries, now unfortunately come to our country and there are a large number of people like that in India," said Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Convention on HIV / AIDS in Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi, as reported by Indiatoday, Tuesday (05/07/2011).

Not just call it a disease, Menkes India also mentions homosexuality as being unnatural.

"Although it (homosexuality among men) is not reasonable, it exists in our country and is now spreading rapidly, making it difficult to detect. With the changes in relationships, men having sex with men now. Although easy to find female sex workers and educate them about sex, the challenge is to find the MSM, "said Minister of India.

According to Azad, amid increasing demand to address HIV / AIDS, many of which tend to raise eyebrows and generate heated debate. Homosexual activist even fight against stigma and discrimination associated with homosexuality.

Azad also said to create a more open sex education in Indian country, to help control the HIV epidemic.

"We are lagging behind in sex education in comparison with the West and do not talk about sex has triggered an epidemic," he said.

He also called for increased efforts to promote sex education, especially among high risk groups, in addition to promoting condoms, treating sexually transmitted diseases and launch information and communication program between transvestites and sex workers to help control the disease.

The factors that definitively determine human sexual orientation is one of the most hotly debated among life science researchers and medical science which until now has not ended.

dr. True to Haryo Sasongko, PhD in consultation detikHealth mention there is evidence that more and more show the contribution of genetic factors in determining sexual orientation. In other words, genetic factors play a role in making someone gay (who like same-sex) or heterosexual (opposite sex enthusiasts).

"However, it should be noted that none of the evidence that shows the absolute role of genetic factors. That is, environmental factors also play a significant role," said dr. Teguh.

If genetic factors play an absolute role of identical twin studies on homosexual people will find that if one identical twin became homosexual then others are also homosexual.

Recent research (2010) conducted among persons with homosexual behavior twins in Sweden shows this. The study gave an estimate that, in males, genetic factors play a role in a 34-39 percent incidence of homosexuality, while 61-64 percent longer played by individual specific environmental factors.

The definition of individual specific environmental factors are environmental factors in which only certain people are exposed. There are environmental factors that are social and others are biological.