Being a pedophile and being gay are not the same thing. Pedophilia refers to a sexual attraction to children, while being gay refers to a sexual orientation towards people of the same gender. It is important to avoid making any assumptions or generalizations about individuals based on their sexual orientation.
The vast majority of gay men are not pedophiles, just as the vast majority of straight men are not pedophiles.
Yes. Gay people are not pedophiles.
No, you're thinking of pedophiles.
Yes. Gay people are not pedophiles.
If you are asking if gay people are pedophiles the answer is that some are, but the vast majority are not. The same is true of straight people: some are pedophiles, and most are not.
No, in fact a pederast is rarely a gay male. Most male pedophiles either have no history with adult relationships or only histories with women.
As of 2014, this has not happened yet. Gay men are still banned from serving as scout masters. This is the result of a baseless fear that gay men are somehow all pedophiles.
They have pedophilia, as pedophiles are people with pedophilia. No joke.
As pedophilia is not a crime, and pedophiles are people with pedophilia, there is no mandatory sentence for pedophiles in any state of the United States.
There are people alive who are pedophiles. Pedophilia is a crime, a pedophile is a criminal.
In 1970, gay people were considered mentally ill, and private, consensual same-sex intimacy was illegal in most states. There was also terrible stigma that gay people faced a life of hedonism, followed by aging, depression, and loneliness. Many also linked gay people to pedophiles.
Some do, some do not. Just as heterosexual people do. Do not confuse gay or homosexual people with pedophiles - people that would like to have sex with kids (which is illegal in most civilized countries). Gay people are adults that prefer people (adults) of the same gender, not kids.