ΑΥΣΤΡΑΛΙΑΝΗ ΨΥΧΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ. Ο ΓΑΜΟΣ ΟΜΟΦΥΛΩΝ ΩΦΕΛΕΙ ΣΟΒΑΡΑ ΤΗΝ ΥΓΕΙΑ

The Australian Psychological Society has endorsed a recent resolution of the American Psychological Association calling for marriage equality for those in same-sex relationships, on health and wellbeing grounds.
The unanimous resolution of the APA, endorsed in August 2011, called for the legalisation of same-sex marriage, on the basis of psychological evidence showing the mental health benefits of marriage, and the harm caused by social exclusion and discrimination arising from not having the choice to marry.
More information on the APA resolution – and the psychological research that underpins it – is available on the APA website:

· APA calls for marriage equality

·Background: Marriage equality and LGTI mental health

The APA resolution has now been endorsed by the Board of the APS, a body representing 20,000 members.
Professor Simon Crowe, President of the APS, said: “Decades of psychological research provides the evidence linking marriage to mental health benefits, and highlighting the harm to individuals’ mental health of social exclusion. The APS supports the full recognition of same-sex relationships, on the basis of this evidence.”
Dr Damien Riggs, convenor of the APS Gay and Lesbian Issues in Psychology Interest Group, said: “Marriage discrimination has a flow-on effect on same-sex attracted Australians, their loved ones, and the wider community. Psychologists must work to ensure that all Australians are supported to achieve positive mental health and full social inclusion.”
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