Gay 'cure'

Would you take a gay 'cure' to make you straight?

  • No

    Votes: 83 65.9%
  • Yes

    Votes: 28 22.2%
  • I'd have to think about it

    Votes: 15 11.9%

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    126

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Forget the treatment to make me hetero. Nope. Not happening. I have a better idea, though... how about a cure for all the homophobic sheeple? Put it in the water supply, and it un-stupidifies them.
 

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Five years ago I would have probably paid anything to be "cured". It just wasn't an option for me to be gay. I didn't think it was possible, as much as I loved to watch men and gay porn (I know, crazy). Today, I am happy being myself and wouldn't change it at all.
 

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DC_DEEP said:
Forget the treatment to make me hetero. Nope. Not happening. I have a better idea, though... how about a cure for all the homophobic sheeple? Put it in the water supply, and it un-stupidifies them.

I'd agree, in principle - if and only if it was an across the board 'de-bigoter'. Yes that may well be a made up word.:smile:
 

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No I'd rather hold on to my chic apartment and tony friends and sly sense of humor and be able to throw a cocktail party or brunch at the spur of the moment. I like being on first name basis with the people at Bergdorf Goodman and the Butcher because he said I always dress so nice and am one of his favorite customers because I'm so polite.
Besides...I really like my Boyfirend!
 

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Oh dear how did I miss this gem. Since I'm in a good mood, I'll ignore the implications that gay is some sort of disease and instead joke that I'd rather be a dead-dog covered in donkey shit than be straight. Or maybe I'm serious.

Most people who are different feel so only when reminded in someway that they are different. Even with all the self-hatred in the world....

We get ostricized, ridiculed, murdered for being gay. We get shut out of the hospital rooms of dying partners by their parents who never saw us as less than damned. The exclusion of homosexuality in schools creates a host of problems for gays, as well as further perperuating the idea that we're abnormal (although same-sex partnership is common in many animals). If homosexuality was always deemed as normal as seeing a car pass by, there would be less feelings of guilt/shame/confusion.

So if someone doesn't wanna live their life being attacked and called immoral, so be it. We're not all thick-skinned heartless warriors that ride horses and slay dragons with no desire to connect to people.

And I'm sick and fucking tired of hearing this "self-loathing" shit. Self-loathing gays exist, but the term is most often thrown around for any person who has a desire for men but doesn't stuff his face with the gay culture buffet. Don't like gay parades? You're self-loathing. Don't like Chris Crocker? You're self-loathing. Don't like Olive Garden's breadsticks? You're , and fucking insane. I mean, come on. It's the OG. They're fucking delicious.

The irony is, self-loathing is often used to label people who's problems aren't with their own desires but with preconceived notions of the gay community. The INternal conflict is actually EXternal. This is NOWHERE NEAR an issue of self-loathing, more one of prejudice and misconception.

Back to the OP, here's a host of other ways to spend government funding than finding a cure for men liking other men:

Poverty, homelessness, healthcare, AIDS research, land preservation, payroll/wages . I imagine that not too long ago, an idea of a gay-cure would've received countless government dollars while teens couldn't afford college and fathers can't get to work to make $ to support their families.

It would be another case of personal agendas and religion taking the steering wheel of this country while more dire and immediate needs are tossed in the trunk.
 
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I've just watched the new X Men film and it got me thinking, if there was an injection that could make a gay man into a straight man, how many gay people out there would take it? I think if asked three or four years ago my answer would probably have been yes, but these days i wouldn't even consider it; i don't think my boyfriend would be very pleased. What about anyone else?
No. I'd rather be fucked up in the eyes of some others for my preferences and happy with myself on the inside of my spirit rather than changing something that is just fine because other people aren't down with it or can't understand it. I have grown to love being the way that I am. It took too long getting here and I'm not going back. Why would I?
 
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