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28 May 2006

"There is no such thing as a homosexual" Conservative Christians and Jews have teamed up with men and women who call themselves "ex-gay" to lobby — and even sue — for the right to tell teenagers that they can "heal" themselves of unwanted same-sex attractions.
My gaydar has just exploded. Surely that guy's seen more cocks than Colonel Sanders.
posted by dodgygeezer 28 May | 10:28
and more more balls than an umpire when Mitch Williams is on the mound, and more assholes than the Republican party chairman, and....

/got nothin.
posted by jonmc 28 May | 10:33
I can't even fathom the amount of self-hatred one would need to go into one of those programs. It's so sad. (Not to mention the fact that they don't work.)
posted by BoringPostcards 28 May | 11:08
Ugh. I just. don't. get. why anyone who is not gay would give a damn that anyone is. What the fuck difference does it make to them that their neighbor is gay? Get over your own fears already, morons. or, if you want to keep them, enjoy them on your own and leave us the fuck alone. It's not like we're keeping them from their favorite bank/restaurant/park/church/books/YMCA/mall/grocery/doctor, or forcing the to have sex with us.

That does it. I'm renewing my and mrs. chewy's membership in HRC.

/rant
posted by chewatadistance 28 May | 11:16
Ugh. I just. don't. get. why anyone who is not gay would give a damn that anyone is. What the fuck difference does it make to them that their neighbor is gay?

My theory (and my experiences back this up) is that the only hets who get het up (pun intended) about the gayfolk are people who deep down are terrified that they might be a little gay themselves. Just about everybody else greets homosexuality with a shrug these days.

Which reminds me of this cartoon; it shows a lesbian couple quietly sitting on a couch watching TV, and through a window across the street a het couple is staring at them intensly. One lesbian turns to the other and says "You wanna cut up Barbie dolls or something?"

Beautiful and hilarious.
posted by jonmc 28 May | 11:22
Denial - it ain't just a river in Egypt.
/obvious
posted by deborah 28 May | 11:57
Q: Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal?

A: Yes, according to a recent study by Henry Adams and his colleagues.

Adams studied a group of white heterosexual men, 35 of whom were classified as homophobic and 29, as nonhomophobic. All the men reported being entirely heterosexual in both arousal and experience.

The researchers found that the homophobic men showed a significant increase in penile circumference to the male homosexual video whereas the nonhomophobic men did not. "In the homophobic group, 20% showed no significant tumescence, 26% showed moderate tumescence, and 54% showed definite tumescence to the homosexual video; the corresponding percentages in the nonhomophobic group were 66%, 10%, and 24%, respectively" (p. 443).

There are several possible explanations. One is that homophobia is an attempt to repress or deny one's own homosexual impulses. Another is that homosexual stimuli cause anxiety nonhomophobic men, and anxiety enhances arousal and erection.
posted by dodgygeezer 28 May | 12:03
This is so tired!
posted by Lipstick Thespian 28 May | 14:17
yes, but the pic is priceless.
posted by small_ruminant 28 May | 15:52
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