Psychiatry Research EG

Although h homosexuality has been dropped from the recent system of psychiatric classification, yet a corresponding shift in medical and public attitudes towards the problem has not occurred with much debate about its “nosological status‘. This study aimed at highlighting the problem of homosexuality in an Egyptian sample from the socio-demographic point of view. The results showed that the prevalence of homosexuality is not very far from that in Western cultures. A difference has been found in the socio-demographic profile between male and female homosexuals. The age of starting homosexuality tended to by younger in males, with lower marriage rate and less religiosity than females. Furthermore, the homosexual relation was found more “indigenous” among females than males.

Dealing with the problem rather than denying is finally recommended.