If you suffer from homophobic abuse a study has shown that you are more likely to become ill.
The study showed that people who had suffered from homophobic abuse had higher levels of cortisol in them. Cortisol is the stress hormone, cortisol disruption can cause higher blood pressure, lower immunity to infections and memory loss as well as other things.
It has also been linked to increased suicide attempts. I'm not saying that suffering from homophobic abuse is the only cause of higher cortisol levels because absolutely anything that causes stress will increase cortisol levels but for this blog we discuss homophobia.
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