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03/03/2006
'Ex-gays' said sneaky; sky said blue
According to a new National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce report titled "Youth in the Crosshairs: The Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism," so-called "ex-gay" groups are focusing less on "curing" adults these days, aiming more to "prevent" the homo-gay from afflicting the minds of impressionable youth.
According to a new report culled from your humble scribe's common sense and knowledge of what it means to be a homosexual -- which is justified by even a cursory analysis of a cross section of the population and backed by the opinions of every major medical and mental health association in the United States -- these "ex-gay" programs have reached a point where they are almost too nutty to even debate. Even their measure of success, that one could become an "ex-gay," reeks of duplicity. I unsuccessfully tried the whole getting with females thing; that doesn't make me an "ex-straight." It makes me one who tested the waters of heterosexuality to see if my always apparent same-sex-focused feelings were truly what I was meant to experience. When I had to close my eyes and imagine Johnny Depp to get through a simple good night kiss, it all came together pretty easily.
Could I continue to exchange in deceptive lip locks with women? Of course. Could I marry a female and even have children? Sure. But would this stop my body and mind from feeling what it was wired to feel? That'd be a no. Just altering your behavior does not alter your truth.
Those who dedicate their lives to this false notion -- which, by the way, is unjustifiable in every way except for the aggressively ignorant, "it's so because I say it's so" line of reasoning -- should feel a deep sense of shame regarding their hurtful endeavors. They're blowing smoke up confused parents' derrieres because they can, not because they should. It's just disgusting.
The report calls this new crop of "reparative therapy" the "third wave" of "ex-gay" activism. Here's hoping the fourth wave will refer to the gestures made by our hands, as we say ta-ta to a deceptive, dangerous, cruel program whose existence has finally given up and gone bye-bye.
Youth in the Crosshairs: the Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism — Task Force Policy Institute report reveals ex-gay movement's new tactic of targeting youth [Taskforce]
Report: 'Ex-gay' therapy claims deceptive [SF Chronicle]
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