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- From: rica@cellar.org (Rica Fredrickson)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Apples and oranges was Re: Why not cure homosexuality?
- Message-ID: <NNBRwB4w164w@cellar.org>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 16:00:34 GMT
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- solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay) writes:
- > learning how to *change* the situation. Gender reassignment is
- > still imperfect at best, but we're learning more all the time.
- >
- > In a hundred years, it may be the same for homosexuality (and, of
- > course, heterosexuality). People who feel uncomfortable about
- > their orientation might be able to change it at will. For that
- > matter, they may be able to change their left-or-right
- Mmm, I think you're comparing apples and oranges. Changing sexual
- orientation would be more analogous to changing the underlying
- psychological gender identity. Gender reassignment doesn't do that;
- the premise is to help a person be comfortable with the gender
- identity they already have, and when the HBIGDA standard of care is
- followed it seems to do that pretty well, judging from people in
- my circle of friends who've been through it.
-
- > you. Again, this may be a good solution if your religion is
- > incompatible with being a "practicing homosexual". (A better
- > option is, of course, to change religions.)
- I'd say religions like that certainly need changing. An option
- some of us have is to find a sex-positive, lgbo*-affirming
- support/educational organization (or even a full-fledged church,
- or synagogue, or *, such as the Metropolitan Community Churches)
- within your religious tradition.
-
- <demuffin>
-
- Rica Ashby Fredrickson (rica%cellar@tredysvr.tredydev.unisys.com)
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