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HOMOSEXUALITY – RESOLVING PROBLEMS

March 11, 2009

This confirms Professor Curran’s opinion that attempts to convert a homosexual to heterosexuality should only be made rarely, and then only when careful evaluation of the homosexual’s attitudes convinces the therapist that he is sincere in his desire to change. If the homosexual is only trying to change to reduce his guilt, or diminish the fear society has engendered in him, treatment will fail.

A homosexual who has emotional problems is in the same situation as a heterosexual who has emotional problems – both may need skilled counselling or psychiatric help to resolve those problems and to adjust better to their environment.

It is true that a homosexual is likely to be more anxious and insecure and to have a larger amount of ‘self-hatred’ than a heterosexual. This is largely or completely induced by the hostility, insensitivity, and ill-feeling of the society in which he lives and by the stupidity and ignorance of the authorities he may have to face if apprehended by the law.

These attitudes and actions are indefensible when one man in twenty-five is homosexual.

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