Posted on 06/07/2015 8:32:59 PM PDT by johnhankle177
Hello
This is the first time I have posted so please forgive me if I have this topic in the wrong place. However, I had a questions and was hoping to receive some help.
I am writing an article about gays who are against the homosexual agenda and thought I would include something in there about homosexuality and mental health. In the 1970s the APA changed the classification of homosexuality so it was no longer considered mental illness and many psychology and psychiatry organizations all over the world have followed. However, there was little basis at that time to think it should be changed and that decision has faced criticism as being political more than scientific.
In that vein I was wondering if anyone knew of any homosexuals who believe homosexuality is a mental illness or at the very least think that the 1970s decision by the APA was wrong (while you can include ex-gays, I am looking more for people who currently claim to be gay).
Does anyone know of anything like this?
And I believe they recently reclassified pedophilia from a disorder to a lifestyle.
A more workable way is that of finding or creating a discussion medium that does not allow their activism.
That’s a great one.
I believe what you say but is there any source for this or is it anecdotal. I would love to hear from those that are still alive that were in on the decision did not knuckle under.
Pretty lame, but it IS a ZOT thread...
If you want to research psychiatry that is based on little research you need to go back way farther than homosexuality. I suppose you could get right to Freud but then, I guess, you would be back to homosexuality, if that was where you wanted to be, anyway. Which causes me to ask why in the first place?
LOL. Or how about this, “How does all this make you feel?”. Dang I could BE a psychiatrist.
You can try the twitter feed and website “Gay Patriot” which is run by a couple of conservative men. I don’t know if they think being gay is a mental illness but they are dead set against the gay agenda. They also have a huge list of links to gay subjects (as well as non-gay issues).
Our niece “came out” a few years ago and is in an abusive relationship. She just takes it from this horrid woman.
Leaves me speechless as she was a confident, pretty, ambitious and smart girl. All of that has changed. Mental illness would explain it. Her sister is a capable counselor but is powerless to help.
My cousin is a stable enough guy with a monogamous relationship and he is a distinguished government worker with numerous awards. I can't fathom gay anything, but he's fine to be around.
I personally believe that gay attraction is a mental illness or at least a profound defect. Both of my gay relations are dead branches on the family tree because they have been afflicted with same-sex attraction. Some handle it well but most don't.
I think you are right.
“mental illness” is a phrase used to bundle up an entire gamut of mental issues. From psychopaths down to phobias. But most people think of “mental illness” as some NUTJOB to be “avoided”; as an “insane” person. It’s better to call the mental condition what it really is. To the best of my knowledge, homosexuality and lesbianism were always termed as “sexual identity disorders”. They never should have dropped that classification from the books. It was politically and monetarily expedient to do so, but bad for those who suffer from it. If you want to learn more visit the site:
These will get you started.
I knew many gay men who believed this. ALL of them died in the AIDS epidemic in the 80’s and early 90’s.
Some homosexuals are mentally ill, as are some heterosexuals. The question of mental illness, however, is a sideshow and distraction from the certainty that all homosexuals (indeed, all LBGT, etc.) are pridefully, assertively, actively, and resolutely rebelling against God and His will, which He has clearly revealed biologically, socially, and scripturally.
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