How to turn straight to gay
Some Gays Can Leave Straight, Study Says
May 9 -- Can gay men and women become heterosexual?
A controversial new learn says yes — if they really want to. Critics, though, say the study's subjects may be deluding themselves and that the subject group was scientifically invalid because many of them were referred by anti-gay religious groups.
Dr. Robert Spitzer, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University, said he began his study as a skeptic — believing, as major mental health organizations accomplish, that sexual orientation cannot be changed, and attempts to do so can even cause harm.
But Spitzer's study, which has not yet been published or reviewed, seems to indicate otherwise. Spitzer says he spoke to 143 men and 57 women who say they changed their orientation from gay to straight, and concluded that 66 percent of the men and 44 percent of women reached what he called good heterosexual functioning — a sustained, loving heterosexual connection within the past year and getting enough emotional satisfaction to rate at least a seven on a 10-point scale.
He said those who changed their orientation had satisfying heterosexual sex at least monthly and never or rarely thoug
by Fred Penzel, PhD
This article was initially published in the Winter 2007 edition of the OCD Newsletter.
OCD, as we know, is largely about experiencing grave and unrelenting doubt. It can cause you to doubt even the most basic things about yourself – even your sexual orientation. A 1998 analyze published in the Journal of Sex Research establish that among a collective of 171 college students, 84% reported the occurrence of sexual intrusive thoughts (Byers, et al. 1998). In order to own doubts about one’s sexual identity, a sufferer demand not ever have had a homo- or heterosexual experience, or any type of sexual experience at all. I have observed this symptom in new children, adolescents, and adults as well. Interestingly Swedo, et al., 1989, found that approximately 4% of children with OCD experience obsessions concerned with forbidden hostile or perverse sexual thoughts.
Although doubts about one’s possess sexual identity might appear pretty straightforward as a symptom, there are actually a number of variations. The most obvious develop is where a sufferer experiences the thought that they might be of a different sexual orientation than they formerly believed. If the su
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I possess some human assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to study tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.
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Before I provide you with a list of things you could take into account while responding to a gay proposal (if you are straight), it is most imperative that you listen to a story first.
Not a very extended time ago, while lurking in my usual territory, trying to research on something, I was perturbed by a gentleman; a good friend. “Neha,” he said, “I have no issues with these lgbtq+ men as long as they keep to themselves.” My attention was kindled.
“Keep to themselves?” I was a little perplexed.
“You notice, in my last workplace, a gay guy would often linger around me and try to coquet. One day he ended up proposing to me.” He said and shuddered as though nauseated. “I shooed him away.”
“Shooed him away? Like a bird?” I asked.
“These people are disgusting. How dare he?”
I almost asked him, “But he only proposed to you? What if he thought you were gay? I mean that’s how humans hunt for potential love prospects, by asking”, but I didn’t. That was precisely what he was perhaps angered at. ‘How could the lgbtq+ guy even presume his sexuality with all those mammoth muscles that
'I can make you unbent in three months': Inside India's gay conversion industry
Widely discredited around the planet, conversion therapy - which aims to change someone's sexual orientation - is still legal in India but the practice of it by doctors is banned.
Above a second-hand motorcar shop on a bustling Delhi street, sits the office of the Indian capital's self-proclaimed "best sexologist".
Dr Shriyans Jain is smartly dressed in a crisp white shirt and dark waistcoat with a jet black moustache adorning his upper lip. His dense, dark hair is swept across his forehead. I'm going undercover to explore claims he offers queer and lesbian people a cure for their sexuality.
He is trained in current medicine (MBBS qualified) but also practises ayurvedic medicine (a traditional type of Indian medical system). He's also registered with the Delhi Medical Council. His website proudly trumpets his credentials, and lists several of the conditions he treats with herbal medicine. They include premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction and even infertility. But the service he offers gay and lesbian patients doesn't arrive to be advertised.
Widely discredited around the world, conv