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SAN ANTONIO -- Same sex attraction: Are you born with it, or is it a
choice? A little known, controversial therapy claims gay men and women
can change their sexual orientation and "go straight."
We traveled to Houston to find a therapist to speak to us. All the
others we approached said they were afraid of retribution.
"My therapist asked me, 'Why are you here?' I told him, 'I wanted to
be heterosexual and I wanted my God given heterosexuality back," says
Richard Campbell. He is part of quiet movement of people who say they
don't want to continue living as homosexuals.
"I kept having relationship after relationship, trying to make things
work, all the while feeling an emptiness inside," says Campbell. Three
years ago he looked into gay conversion therapy which is also called
gay reparative therapy.
"I knew because of my faith [and] tradition that I was not born gay.
God did not create me gay," says Campbell.
"It's related to gender confusion because they did not feel
comfortable in what was expected of them as males," says Michael
Newman, a gay reparative counselor. For 25 years, he says he has
helped, mostly men, ages 14 to 55, leave their homosexual lifestyle
behind.
I asked him if he could actually convert a homosexual man into a
straight man.
"I don't talk about converting, I talk about rediscovering
heterosexuality," says Newman.
Gay conversion therapy is a controversial psychotherapy that's
attempts to change a person's sexual orientation from homosexual or
bisexual to heterosexual. Much of it is based on the idea that not
properly identifying or bonding with a strong male father figure, can
cause a boy to develop into a homosexual man.
"I'm not here to judge you, but I'm giving you a perspective that
you're not hearing that people can change dealing with homosexuality
and same sex attraction," says Newman.
"If the father is strong but not loving, it creates a fearful boy, and
if the father is loving, but not strong, it creates a weak boy. So, my
father was very loving, but he was not strong," says Campbell about
his childhood experiences. Campbell says that's where his gender
identity confusion started.
"If the little boy isn't identifying with, [or] he doesn't want to
play with the other little boys, and he'd rather be by himself, or
play with sisters, that's an indicator that the confusion is
starting," says Newman. It's not the only indicator, but it can be a
characteristic.
Newman says he changed his lifestyle nearly three decades ago.
Campbell has been in therapy for three years. I asked him if he was no
longer attracted to men.
"I wouldn't say no longer, I'd say it's diminished," Campbell replied.
But mainstream medical groups, like the American Psychological
Association and the American Psychiatric Association have expressed
concern about this type of psychotherapy. They say sexual orientation
appears to be biological in nature.
Just like some of the local gay rights activists we spoke with,
scientific groups say the therapy can have some potentially dangerous
consequences.
"I think it can be repressed, but not changed," says Fred Anthony
Garza about changing someone's sexual orientation. Garza is the
president of Dignity San Antonio. That's the local chapter for Dignity
USA, a national group that advocates for the rights of gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered Catholics.
"The Catholic Church says we were created as we are, homosexual
people....but that they would want us to be celibate and not act our
sexuality out, but that we were created as homosexual people," says
Nickie Valdez, the founder of Dignity San Antonio.
"You have a person who is hurt, depressed, who is seeking help,
refuge. And you're saying, 'I can help you, give you this therapy. I
can change your sexuality.' When, in essence, that cannot be
promised," say Garza.
For his part, Newman says he makes no promises, nor does he try to
force anyone to change, but for those who want to talk, he is there to
listen.
"I don't condemn any one. It's their option what they choose to do,
but he's listened to this, it's another perspective, and I'm available
if people want to talk about that," says Newman.
Newman also says he is seeing an increasing number of teenagers and
their families seeking this type of counseling and holds sessions
regularly in the San Antonio area.
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choice? A little known, controversial therapy claims gay men and women
can change their sexual orientation and "go straight."
We traveled to Houston to find a therapist to speak to us. All the
others we approached said they were afraid of retribution.
"My therapist asked me, 'Why are you here?' I told him, 'I wanted to
be heterosexual and I wanted my God given heterosexuality back," says
Richard Campbell. He is part of quiet movement of people who say they
don't want to continue living as homosexuals.
"I kept having relationship after relationship, trying to make things
work, all the while feeling an emptiness inside," says Campbell. Three
years ago he looked into gay conversion therapy which is also called
gay reparative therapy.
"I knew because of my faith [and] tradition that I was not born gay.
God did not create me gay," says Campbell.
"It's related to gender confusion because they did not feel
comfortable in what was expected of them as males," says Michael
Newman, a gay reparative counselor. For 25 years, he says he has
helped, mostly men, ages 14 to 55, leave their homosexual lifestyle
behind.
I asked him if he could actually convert a homosexual man into a
straight man.
"I don't talk about converting, I talk about rediscovering
heterosexuality," says Newman.
Gay conversion therapy is a controversial psychotherapy that's
attempts to change a person's sexual orientation from homosexual or
bisexual to heterosexual. Much of it is based on the idea that not
properly identifying or bonding with a strong male father figure, can
cause a boy to develop into a homosexual man.
"I'm not here to judge you, but I'm giving you a perspective that
you're not hearing that people can change dealing with homosexuality
and same sex attraction," says Newman.
"If the father is strong but not loving, it creates a fearful boy, and
if the father is loving, but not strong, it creates a weak boy. So, my
father was very loving, but he was not strong," says Campbell about
his childhood experiences. Campbell says that's where his gender
identity confusion started.
"If the little boy isn't identifying with, [or] he doesn't want to
play with the other little boys, and he'd rather be by himself, or
play with sisters, that's an indicator that the confusion is
starting," says Newman. It's not the only indicator, but it can be a
characteristic.
Newman says he changed his lifestyle nearly three decades ago.
Campbell has been in therapy for three years. I asked him if he was no
longer attracted to men.
"I wouldn't say no longer, I'd say it's diminished," Campbell replied.
But mainstream medical groups, like the American Psychological
Association and the American Psychiatric Association have expressed
concern about this type of psychotherapy. They say sexual orientation
appears to be biological in nature.
Just like some of the local gay rights activists we spoke with,
scientific groups say the therapy can have some potentially dangerous
consequences.
"I think it can be repressed, but not changed," says Fred Anthony
Garza about changing someone's sexual orientation. Garza is the
president of Dignity San Antonio. That's the local chapter for Dignity
USA, a national group that advocates for the rights of gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered Catholics.
"The Catholic Church says we were created as we are, homosexual
people....but that they would want us to be celibate and not act our
sexuality out, but that we were created as homosexual people," says
Nickie Valdez, the founder of Dignity San Antonio.
"You have a person who is hurt, depressed, who is seeking help,
refuge. And you're saying, 'I can help you, give you this therapy. I
can change your sexuality.' When, in essence, that cannot be
promised," say Garza.
For his part, Newman says he makes no promises, nor does he try to
force anyone to change, but for those who want to talk, he is there to
listen.
"I don't condemn any one. It's their option what they choose to do,
but he's listened to this, it's another perspective, and I'm available
if people want to talk about that," says Newman.
Newman also says he is seeing an increasing number of teenagers and
their families seeking this type of counseling and holds sessions
regularly in the San Antonio area.
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Copyright © 2011
all rights reserved
"Bringing you the ultimate uncensored truth since 1997"
___
"I mean, it's not as if I'm bringing up "ass pounding" all the time,
or doing it right in front of you."~~ Deviant homosexual sodomite
Scott Allen Salberg, aka "Enos Penvy" convicted of battery in
Broward County Florida and currently running from the humiliation
of being outed as a convicted offender to usenet.
Image snap of Court and Conviction Record, Scott Salberg.
Loading Image...
---
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http://www.wikisposure.com/Alt.support.boy-lovers
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Owner and trainer of Tom Evans aka "mad as a box of frogs"
Tom Evans picture: http://yfrog.com/5zt0mevansj
"Publicity is publicity, good or bad it's STILL publicity"~ Alice
Cooper
"Did you plug the hole yet Daddy?"~~Malia Obama
Now I know why they call him tiger, "Eldrick Tont Woods"??
LMAO!! .
"There are 1000 or more reasons for a person INNOCENT of child
molesting to kill themselves"~ Arrested filth-monger frank mccoy
"A victory for one pornographer is a victory for all of the human
race"--pedophile "XXX"
"I mean, it's not as if I'm bringing up "ass pounding" all the time,
or doing it right in front of you."~~ deviant homosexual sodomite
Scott Allen Salberg, convicted of battery in Broward County Florida.
Image snap of Court and Conviction Record, Scott Salberg.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u20/ninety7gt/Intelius.jpg
"I am so superior to you that you can't even see it"~ScottyFLL
aka "Enos Penvy" aka Scott Salberg-- <enospenvy @null.net>
violent criminal Broward County Fla.
"You are not decent citizens, you are sick, degenerate filth. The
fact that you attend church regularly proves it"~W.T.S.--
<m14m @earthlink.net>
Why should I have to press one for English??? This is AMERICA .