http://brucegarrett.com/brucelog/657 Bruce Garrett's Weblog. Essays and musings on my life and my world. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:22:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://brucegarrett.com/brucelog/657/comment-page-1#comment-7236 Jen Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:54:44 +0000 http://brucegarrett.com/brucelog/657#comment-7236 Yes, yes, yes. Many heterosexuals hate their own sexuality, or at least find it a burden. Many probably wish they could be freed of their troubling desires, however 'normal' they may be in the eyes of the world. This is something I wanted to mention a while back, in response to one of your posts about guilt among gay people. I also wanted to say that the 'ex-gay' crowd presents that guilt as proof that homosexuality is abnormal and can be cured. They ask what is wrong with offering a 'cure' to gay people who want to 'leave homosexuality'. But what genuine therapist would go along with the wishes of a heterosexual who wanted to 'leave heterosexuality'? Not to become gay, but to lessen or kill their feelings for the opposite sex, you see, as I'm sure some heterosexuals would like to do. Yes, yes, yes. Many heterosexuals hate their own sexuality, or at least find it a burden. Many probably wish they could be freed of their troubling desires, however ‘normal’ they may be in the eyes of the world. This is something I wanted to mention a while back, in response to one of your posts about guilt among gay people. I also wanted to say that the ‘ex-gay’ crowd presents that guilt as proof that homosexuality is abnormal and can be cured. They ask what is wrong with offering a ‘cure’ to gay people who want to ‘leave homosexuality’. But what genuine therapist would go along with the wishes of a heterosexual who wanted to ‘leave heterosexuality’? Not to become gay, but to lessen or kill their feelings for the opposite sex, you see, as I’m sure some heterosexuals would like to do.

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