I am so surprised by how quickly talk of “changing homosesexuality” becomes a news story, and there is a need in the media and political culture to quash this claim. I have just heard of an incident in Ireland, where a psychiatrist, who worked alongside a politician in Belfast, was thrust into the limelight […]

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I have just read an article on the PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays) website. It was called “Tolerance of Ex-Gays” and was a call to extend tolerance to the ex-gay community. Ex-gay being regarded as those people who have decided to leave homosexuality and pursue heterosexuality. So, in those terms I […]

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I just read a news article about a docufilm called “Expelled“.  The following is a synopsis of the film: “Expelled” calls attention to the plight of highly credentialed scholars who have been forced out of prestigious academic positions because they proposed Intelligent Design as a possible alternative to Charles Darwin’s 150-year-old theories about the origins […]

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Wikihow deleted my post called “How to Understand Homosexuality”.  I posted the content in an earlier post on this blog - see the post here.  The argument for deleting the post was that it was considered to be a duplicate topic.  The duplicate topics cited were the following:

How to Understand Gay and Lesbian People
How to […]

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I want to say that it is possible to change.  A predominant section of society and culture seeks to repress and deny this truth.  I am made to feel shame for believing this.  I am ridiculed for stating it, and scoffed at behind my back.  But this has similarities to how people treat someone who is […]

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 originally posted by me on wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit
This ‘How-To’ is to help individuals and groups research homosexuality, so as to arrive at an informed view.

Steps

First of all keep an open mind regarding homosexuality in terms of what it is, whether it is genetic, developmental or a combination of […]

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I saw some people the other day at the festival I was at. They had big signs with “Free Hugs” written on each of them. I was intrigued. I wanted to go over to them and get a hug or two, but I was too tentative. It made me smile seeing them. Last night I […]

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I just read an article on the BBC website today called “How ‘gay’ became children’s insult of choice“.  In general the article discusses how children use the term ‘gay’ as an insult.  Of the teachers interviewed 83% said they heard it being used regularly.  I think it is interesting that this term is used so prevalently […]

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