Study Blows Hole In Claim Bullying Drives LGBT Mental Health Problems

August 11, 2026 3:11 PM ET A new study in Psychological Medicine concludes that the reason homosexuals have more mental health issues than heterosexuals is far more likely to be the result of familial issues than minority stress. The systematic multilevel meta-analysis, published by Cambridge University Press on Monday, suggests that two-thirds of the discrepancy in mental illness between heterosexuals and non-heterosexuals disappears when shared environmental and genetic factors are accounted for. (RELATED: Gay New York Democrats Seek To Undo Only Redeemable Part Of Anthony Fauci’s Legacy)“A large proportion of the disparities is attributable to factors shared by both non-heterosexual and heterosexual persons who are genetically related and reared together,” the study says, adding that su