Are your homosexual behaviors wrong?

Most people who have same-sex attractions or who have had sex with others of the same sex don't see these feelings and behaviors as problems, nor do they wish they were heterosexual. In one study, only 15% of gay adolescents and adults had not achieved a sense of "positive" identity; 85% were proud or at peace with being gay. In his book, "Familiar Faces; Hidden Lives" Dr. Howard Brown notes three reasons why some same-sex oriented people have felt that their "condition" (same-sex attraction and homosexual behavior) was a problem: First, some (certainly not all) religions have condemned homosexuality as immoral and have refused them the recognition and services provided to heterosexual members; second, some societies have passed laws prohibiting homosexual behaviors and some of these are still "on the books"; and third, some systems of medicine have made homosexuality a diagnosis to be treated. Of these three areas of possible difficulty for homosexuals, Dr. Brown believed making homosexuality a diagnosis, presumably based on science, was the most damaging.