Nothing seems to have struck panic in the hearts of the gayfia more than so-called Conversion Therapy.
Various entities on both sides of the Atlantic have sought to outlaw it - although given that medical and psychiatric treatments are confidential a logical person must ask how the state will be informed of such discussions.
Cutting to the chase, what they really fear is that such therapy does, can and has worked - and therefore disproves their dogma about ‘innate,’ ‘born this way,’ ‘who I am’ etc.
It’s also worth noting that women in particular are, in the words of one writer, ‘notorious lane changers’ meaning they have opposite-sex and same-sex relationships simultaneously or serially and never necessarily commit to one choice or the other.
In sum, homosexuality is celebrated and a cottage industry has been built to encourage anyone ‘curious’ to ‘come out of the closet’ with the implication that such a move is permanent.
But if straight-then-gay is possible, gay-then-straight is equally possible using the exact same criteria employed by the gayfia themselves.
Nothing seems to have struck panic in the hearts of the gayfia more than so-called Conversion Therapy.
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And, EEK!, it might evolve to Dem to Pub Conversion.