The article attributes stark life‑expectancy
figures to “Dr Paul Cameron” at an annual Psychological Association meeting, claiming that homosexuality shortens life by about 24 years and citing Denmark/Norway data showing gay men dying around age 51–52 and lesbians around 56. Those specific numbers come from Cameron’s Family Research Institute analyses of obituaries and registry records from the 1990s–early 2000s, not from mainstream psychological associations. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_life_expectancy) .
Cameron was expelled/dropped from the American Psychological Association in 1983 for ethical violations and for misrepresenting research, and his work has been widely criticized for serious methodological flaws (non‑representative samples, selection bias during the AIDS era, and overgeneralization). (https://www.nclrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Adoption-Policy-Statements-REVISED-04-02-2009.pdf).
More recent, population‑based research does not support a 24‑year reduction. For example, a 2026 Office for National Statistics analysis in England and Wales found LGB+ men’s life expectancy from age 20 was about 1.2 years lower than straight men’s, with researchers stressing that differences reflect social and structural factors rather than sexual orientation itself. In U.S. cohort data, higher mortality among men who have sex with men was largely driven by HIV‑related deaths; when those were excluded, mortality differences were minimal. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3093261/
