Posted by med_empowered on January 2, 2006, at 3:08:31
In reply to Re: anti-gay Socarides is dead, posted by Declan on January 2, 2006, at 0:59:08
I'm gay...I don't have any idea what "causes" homosexuality, though. Then again..I don't know what "causes" heterosexuality (or bisexuality, or celibacy), either. What bothers me about the study of homosexuality is that it really boils down to a study of deviance; the question seems to be "why are these people different from normal (heterosexual) people? Is this OK?"
I guess you could consider me "gay by choice"-- I enjoy being homosexual and its something I choose to pursue. I don't know if I could "fix" myself and become straight..then again, I don't really want to, so I'll never know.
What I think is ridiculous is that something like sexual preference can be such a big deal. It'd be like classifying people according to their favorite sexual positions or fetishes.
Anyway...too bad this guy's dead (although he seems have had a long run). Hopefully though, he was one of the last of his kind and we're approaching the end of an era when it comes to "fixing" lesbians and homosexuals via "therapy". There are so many *actual* problems to deal with (anxiety, depression, so on and so forth) that I find it inexcusable to waste time and resources pursuing homophobic/heterosexist "treatments".
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