Gay And Transgender Population Experiences

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Donna, I enjoy reading your discussion board. Your discussion board was very interested. In comparing two both of our discussion boards, we both found in our articles that sexual orientation isn’t accepted in our society. One of the reason why homosexual people use illicit drugs or alcohol due to be unacceptable in our society. In comparing to both of our articles as well, we both found that homosexual are more likely to use illicit drugs and alcohol than homosexual.
In contrasting both our articles, I found in my article,” Why the Gay and Transgender Population Experiences Higher Rates of Substance Use”, Gays and transgender people smoke tobacco up to two hundred percent than heterosexual people; Twenty-five percent of gays and transgender

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