Maria at Daily Dose of Queer has been reading some exgay blogs, and now she, too, is getting the impression that some exgays turn not to heterosexuality, but to asexuality.
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Bisexuality, Ex-Gays
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Jon Rowe has been blogging recently on the nature of bisexuality. Jon’s a very smart guy and his posts always provide interesting reading–and there are some implications there for the gay/ex-gay conversation. Even the most optimistic ex-gay proponents and researchers…
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How Many Gays Are There? A Lot, GQ Poll Says
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From journalist Rex Wockner (link is not permanent — visit this week): Intriguing results in a survey conducted for GQ magazine and reported in its December issue… A scientific poll by Benenson Strategy Group found that 2 percent of 1,000…
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How Do You Define ‘gay’ And ‘homosexual’?
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The discussion here about the false link between homosexuality and pedophilia drifted into a debate about how different people define “gay,” “homosexual,” and “heterosexual.” I consider the first two words synonymous with primary or exclusive same-sex attraction, but obviously there…
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According to CNSNews.com, exgays across the spectrum are “enraged” at John Kerry’s debate remark that people could be born gay. Kerry said: “I think if you were to talk to Dick Cheney’s daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell…
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Science Study Boosts Asexual Pride Movement
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“LONDON, England (CNN) — About one percent of adults have absolutely no interest in sex, according to a new study, and that distinction is becoming one of pride among many asexuals. … “It was published in the latest issue of…
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McGreevey’s Struggle Compared to Exgay Life
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In The Psychology of the Closet: Governor McGreevey’s New Clothes, psychotherapist Jack Drescher, M.D., contrasts New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey’s struggle to come out as same-sex-attracted, with the psychological complications faced by those who choose to remain closeted, to dissociate…
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Gay Male Relationships: Toads And Princes
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Some gay relationships are looked up to, with admiration, by gay and nongay peers alike. And like heterosexual relationships, some gay pairs serve are fodder for tales about drama queens, bipolar disorder, f-buddies, cheaters and beaters. Some pairs live in…
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Hypersensitive Over the Word ‘homosexual’
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Sean Kinsell comments today on persnicketiness over the identification of people as “gay” or “homosexual.” Both gay and antigay people can become very touchy when they disapprove of the adjective being used. In court, antigay lawyers called gay attorney John…
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In late June, web site and the Gay Spirituality blog, Michigan psychotherapist Joe Kort offered his own lengthy clinical and personal assessment of reparative therapies. Kort disputes 10 “myths” generally promoted by reparative therapists. While ex-gay programs differ, I think…