Despite efforts by homosexual activists to distance the gay lifestyle from
pedophilia, there remains a disturbing connection between the two.

Despite efforts by homosexual activists to distance the gay lifestyle from
pedophilia, there remains a disturbing connection between the two. This is
because, by definition, male homosexuals are sexually attracted to other
males. While many homosexuals may not seek young sexual partners, the
evidence indicates that disproportionate numbers of gay men seek
adolescent males or boys as sexual partners:

* Pedophiles are invariably males: A report by the American Professional
Society on the Abuse of Children states: "In both clinical and non-
clinical samples, the vast majority of offenders are male."1 The book
Sexual Offending Against Children reports that only 12 of 3,000
incarcerated pedophiles in England were women."2

* Significant numbers of victims are males: A study of 457 male sex
offenders against children in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy found that
"approximately one-third of these sexual offenders directed their sexual
activity against males."3

* Homosexuals comprise less than 3 percent of the population. Relying upon
three large data sets: the General Social Survey, the National Health and
Social Life Survey, and the U.S. census, a recent study in Demography
estimates the number of exclusive male homosexuals in the general
population at 2.5 percent, and the number of exclusive lesbians at 1.4
percent.4

* Homosexuals are overrepresented in child sex offenses: Individuals from
the 1 to 3 percent of the population that is sexually attracted to the
same sex are committing up to one-third of the sex crimes against
children. A study in the Journal of Sex Research found that although
heterosexuals outnumber homosexuals by a ratio of at least 20 to 1,
homosexual pedophiles commit about one-third of the total number of child
sex offenses.5

* Homosexuality and pedophilia are interrelated sexual behaviors: The
evidence does not support the argument that, by definition,
pedophiles cannot be considered homosexual because they are solely
interested in boys:

* Studies show that homosexual males are sexually attracted to underage
boys.6 In The Gay Report, by homosexual researchers Karla Jay and Allen
Young, the authors report data showing that 73 percent of homosexuals
surveyed had at some time had sex with boys sixteen to nineteen years of
age or younger."7

* Conversely, studies also show that male homosexual pedophiles are
sexually attracted to adult males and engage in sexual relations with
adult homosexuals.8

* Studies also show that homosexual pedophiles enter into sexual
relationships with women, and that many either were married or had been
married at some time.9

* The historical Connection between Pedophilia and the Gay Rights
Movement: Homosexual activist, pedophile, and historian of the gay rights
movement, David Thorstad, writes: "Boy-lovers were involved in the gay
movement from the beginning, and their presence was tolerated. . . . There
was a mood of tolerance, even joy at discovering the myriad of lifestyles
within the gay and lesbian subculture."10 Pedophile groups were members of
the International Lesbian and Gay Association until the mid 1990's, when
that association cost ILGA it status as a Non-governmental organization
within the United Nations.

Pedophile Themes Abound in Gay Literature: The late "beat" poet Allen
Ginsberg was also a pedophile, whose poetry contained explicit references
to man-boy sex.11 Mary Eberstadt, writing in the Weekly Standard,
documents how anthologies of gay fiction as well as the Gay Men's Press
fiction bestseller list are replete with examples of pedophilic themes.12

Timothy J. Dailey, Ph.D. is senior fellow for culture studies at the
Family Research Council.

NOTES
1. John Briere, et al., eds., The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment
(Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1996), pp. 52, 53.
2. Dawn Fisher, "Adult Sex Offenders: Who are They? Why and How Do They Do
It?" in Tony Morrison, et al., eds., Sexual Offending Against Children
(London: Routledge, 1994), p. 11.
3. Kurt Freund, et al., "Pedophilia and Heterosexuality vs.
Homosexuality," Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 10 (1984): 197.
4. Dan Black, et al., "Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in
the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources,"
Demography 37 (May 2000): 150.
5. Kurt Freund, et al., "Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, and Erotic Age
Preference," p. 107. Cp. Zebulon A. Silverthorne & Vernon L. Quinsey,
"Sexual Partner Age Preferences of Homosexual and Heterosexual Men and
Women," Archives of Sexual Behavior 29 (February 2000): 67-76.
6. Zebulon A. Silverthorne & Vernon L. Quinsey, "Sexual Partner Age
Preferences of Homosexual and Heterosexual Men and Women," p. 70.
7. Karla Jay and Allen Young, The Gay Report: Lesbians and Gay Men Speak
Out about Sexual Experiences and Lifestyles (New York: Summit Books,
1979), p. 275
8. W. L. Marshall, et al., "Sexual Offenders against Male Children: Sexual
Preferences," p. 383; W. L. Marshall, et al., "Early Onset and Deviant
Sexuality in Child Molesters," Journal of Interpersonal Violence 6 (1991):
323-336
9. Elliott, p. 581.
10. Ibid., p. 253.
11. Raymond-Jean Frontain, "The Works of Allen Ginsberg," Journal of
Homosexuality 34 (1997).
12. Mary Eberstadt, "'Pedophilia Chic' Reconsidered" The Weekly Standard 6
(January 8, 2001).

Despite efforts by homosexual activists to distance the gay lifestyle
from pedophilia