Posts Tagged ‘Gay Issues’

Homosexuality is NOT Curable Because It’s Not an Illness!

July 28th, 2009

I chanced upon this article on Negros Chronicle written by a priest named Father Gammy Tulabing (JCD, VG) titled Homosexuality is Curable. Before I go on and react to his article, may I just say that coming from a Filipino priest, the article is actually quite offensive for me.  I find it deeply insulting. Here’s why:

Father Tulabing begins his article with a definition of homosexuality:

"Homosexuality is sexual orientation to the same sex. It is sexual attraction towards the person of the same sex. It is either attraction of man to another man or attraction of woman to another woman called lesbianism. So homosexuality is synonymous to gay, a word which may be applied to a man homosexual or to a woman lesbian."

He then says that he agrees with the idea of homosexuality being caused by genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences. He mentions that homosexuality may be caused by one or a combination of these factors.With this statement as part of his opener, one would think that this is an open-minded article about homosexuality. However, the title of his article pretty much sums up his confused view on it.

When one says something is curable, it means that that something is a disease, an ailment or an illness.  Let me remind the good priest that homosexuality is not an illness.  In fact, the American Psychological Association (APA) has already removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in 1975. So saying that homosexuality is curable is saying that it is an illness.

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The Un-Gay Pill

June 30th, 2009

Davey-Wavey posted this question over at the Rainbow Bloggers Blog:

If you could take a pill that would turn you straight, would you take it?

If you know me well (or not even that well), you would know my answer to this preposterous question.

Before I go into detail and expound my answer, let me pose these questions: “Aren’t pills taken to alleviate pain or to cure diseases? If so, does that mean being gay is a disease?”  I do not believe so. Now that that’s clear, let me elaborate on my answer to this hypothetical question.

Had I been asked this say, 10 or 15 years ago, I would have considered taking the pill – if something of the sort actually existed.  This is only me though.  We have to take into consideration other gay men out there, I mean “in” there, who may be thinking of taking the pill.  I guess I am one of the lucky ones who have a solid support group of friends and family.  Also, the society I am living in makes it a lot easier for me to say that I would never un-gay myself.

If my environment and the circumstances around it were different, would I take the pill and “un-gay” myself? I wouldn’t. You see I wouldn’t be who I am as a person now had I been heterosexual.  My answer has nothing to do with love and relationships.  It may have something to do with cocks though. Seriously, I would never trade being gay for being straight.  I would not have it any other way. I love the Gay Way! I wouldn’t be as competitive a person as I am now if I were straight.  I wouldn’t also be too much of a hard worker.  As a young boy, I had this strange feeling that I had to work so hard to prove my worth.  In my teens, I felt the pressure of fitting in.  I wanted to be “one of the boys” and did whatever I could so people would not notice my sexual inclinations and tendencies. I felt like I had to prove to the world that in spite of and despite my sexuality, I was someone and I will be someone.

While I cannot always say that my sexuality defines who I am as a person, I can say that my being gay has played a big part in broadening my horizon and in my blossoming into a wonderful young man. After all, being gay has helped hone me to become the fabulous, witty and smart person that I am right now. Charot.

And duh, if I took that pill, this blog would not have existed. Bakla ako and forever I will be! May reklamo?

What about you? Would you take that pill?

Pill image source
Bakla Zine image by Karl Bakla

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There Are No Rules to Being Gay!

April 17th, 2009

This video summarizes it all! There are no rules to being gay!

Kahit sino pwede maging bakla!

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