27 celebrities to remind you that religious right claims about the 'gay lifespan' is yet another lie

Readers of this blog know that one anti-gay myth I have combatted on many times is the idea that gay men generally have shorter life spans than heterosexual men. In the past, it was a popular and much repeated notion by religious right groups and personalities that "homosexuality takes years off of your life."  The ages in which we supposedly died varied, but it always before we were 50. This notion became less popular when folks like myself revealed that the notion sprung from junk science and cherry-picked studies. 

Still, you know how the religious right is. They never let go of what they consider a good homophobic lie. Outright claims about "shortened gay lives" have given way to vague inferences that it is impossible to have a long and fruitful life if you are a gay man.

The video above should be a reminder that such claim, like so many other claims of the religious right, is a big fat lie.