Why the heck are you in a gay detox place? Did your parents make you go there? Ugh...

Yeah, that's right. That's how you cure homosexuality alright. Degrade and tell homosexuals that they're vile and not right until they finally kill themselves. They'll never learn that it isn't something that can be "cured."

I hope you pull through okay. I'm surprised no one else has posted anything for support. C'mon, people! Do you not understand? People die in this places. Seriously, they die!

-- Edited by Nobody at 20:46, 2007-06-12

i do but it is hard
parents do this because they feel like their losing their child to something that is "evil"
or some crap like that

yeah well i just came back a couple of min. ago yeah that was fun i have to live with my dad now me and mom just cant get along right now so yeah she ignores me alot now and that really hurts you know

i think thats wat hurts the most its because i care wat she thinks

yeah weird huh
my friend said your life sounds like south of nowhere

but yeah my dad said just fall in love with who ever you want
because finding love is already hard enough

my mom says that it is a sin and that it is a disgrace so in other words im evil

i know i was like wat the hell

alot of people hate me i found that out last night

someone slashed my tires and wrote on my friends car fag

i hate people who do this i dont get wat i have done wrong that would make some one do this

You're right, Mirai. I was just talking about this with one of my friends the other day. Most of these places are run by the catholic church. They believe that homosexuality is a choice and that homosexuals have been coaxed into it by Satan. Blah, blah, blah...

The way they go about "converting" someone "back" to heterosexuality is by making them realize they are a sinner. They repeatedly tell them that they're going to hell if they don't change. They force them to write out lengthy Bible verses. Needless to say, they also do other things there that I haven't described. The places are inhumane and border on cruel and unusual. Honestly, I have no idea how they remain open.

The church itself means well, but the people are still human. I'm Christian and what they do disgusts me. I can only forgive them because they're human and they don't realize the evil they're doing. I try to control my anger because of the issue. Anger will just corrupt me like it's done to them. Nothing good comes from it.

I've only ever heard of such things in fanfics and the like...you're showing unimagineable strength by just being here and talking with us about this, darkside. thank you for being strong <3

that's a good point, Nobody...for the most part, the people who send homosexuals to camps and wards and psychiatrists usually mean well...they're just afraid for the ones they love and think they're heading down an "evil" path.

fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering...

it's not fair...but humans rarely are.

no its cool now i live with my dad my mom ignores the fact the way i am
it just sucks thats all i love her but she doesnt care about who i love

but their real i had to go to one own by cathlic people they call it a eveil spirt or something like that

but thanks all for caring that means alot
and thanks for the hug

actually, none in my family or relatives know that i'm gay... If they knew I don't know how i would react so that's why I have never told them ._.

Well i went for nothing because i still like girls so they didnt get rid of the "evil" in me
oh well

nice lol

yeah but its not as bad my friends she stayed their a day and got kicked out

kick out because she got caught making out with three girls in that day now that is wat i call talent lol

Oh, geez! XD That's the first positive thing I've ever heard of these places.

XD there you go - now we all know how to save ourselves from that situation if it ever arises in any of our lives....just make out with, or make fun of people and they'll just kick you out, lol

I'm glad that this turned into a positive for you. And I am sorry about your mom, but someday, hopefully not to far away, she will understand and show her love to you again. But, for now, try not to care to much,just keep telling yourself in your mind when the time comes, she will understand and love you again. I am in a GSA at Acalanes and since I'm still new into the commmunity, I talk to some GSA members a lot andtheir coming out's and some of them told me how it sometimes take a while to have their family understand and love them again. And how sometimes the reason they might hate you is not because they're afraid of losing you to "evil" but they blame themselves, but soon they understand that it's no ones fault and they love you again, realizing they have to let you love who you love. I went through depression last year in my freshman year and I came to understanding a lot. And it was my first time being in a GSA, but I loved it. And I think if, soon, we have GSA's over the world maybe the hatred will stop and they'll be more accepting and we'll win. And we are making progress with GSA's. Belive me, I worry too and can understand your fear a  bit. i have a girlfriend in Georgia, and she's a shemale, and I worry for her safety a lot. More so, because she was already raped three times, and impregnated twice when she was only 3 by her uncles (2) along with her sister ( both were impregnated). The third rape was her favorite techer, who is now in jail, last year or 2 yrs ago. But, continue being strong. And finding positives in life. Best of luck, and spon everything will be fine.

nah look its cool the older i get i come to understand that not everyone will love me buts its cool i have people who care about me and thats all you will ever need and i mean this place you can tell people wats on your mind and they will accept you here so thats another way i got over this whole thing i just feel bad for people who dont have what i have

Drinking only leads to more problems.
Live life the way it came and don't change it with mind alternating substances. You can't get to the greener side of the hill if your stuck on the brown side drinking all day.

If your going to tell me other wise then I recommend picking up a pencil for once and draw what you want to see not what you can see.

Seeing isn't believing, believing is seeing. <--- From Christmas movies

Seriously? Psssh, I knew you were joking. But their are always those 'special' people who read these forums and take everything seriously.

Someone has to keep them in line. :P

hmm really drinking is bad but people will never learn if they dont try well at least thats wat i think like you have to learn from your mistakes

its funny they say they love you no matter what but then you tell them who you are because you dont want to hide anymore who you truely are but you tell them and they still say they love you but then when you look at them in their eyes you see hurt disappointment and that right their hurts

in a way i am the same and then other ways im not i change everyone does and some people dont like change because it scares them

o_0 WTF just read the post....I am glad that you came out a stonger person because of it Darkside...That which does not kill you makes you stronger or Cripples you for life. But yeah Nobody is correct the more things change the more they stay the same and the more they stay the same the more they change.  I can't believer that there is still that type of Archaic methods still in practice..well this it the Catholic church we are talking about who finally acknowledge that the world is not the center of the Universe or Flat in 1996. that is a Rant for another time.  I am glad that your dad is so supporting of you. well I hope the Gods and Goddesses smile on you after that.

All I got to say is that being gay is as much of a "disease" as being a republican, a christian or a gamer is. Never EVER forget that! It's the truth, no matter what some people might say. Cheers to you darkside for holding out, I hope you never have to go through something like that ever again. Forced conversion makes me sick to the gut, regardless of the underlying intentions.

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....Ew.

I heard about those places. I kind of forced myself to forget they existed. But, of course...

Ugh. That's disgusting. "Hey, lets start criticizing the hell out of gay kid's lifestyles! Oh, THAT'S a sure way to straighten 'em out!" Damn. I find it funny that, by doing so, they're rounding up all the gay kids into one place. Pfft, that's a sure-fire way to make them stop. I think there's more of a chance that I'd get a girlfriend there than 'become straight'.

I find it sad that they feel the need to "save people from sin". It's not half as bad as their perception of it is. Religion can totally take control of people's minds, causing them to lose sight of anything else, and become focused and completely attached to whatever truth someone fed them through a book.
Nothing against religion, just the people who take it to such extreme levels as to try to change the lives of those around them to fit their molds of what they think is acceptable in society.

I like your friend though. Now i know what to do if i get sent to one of those anti-gay programs- make out with as many girls as possible. Ahaahhaha.


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Very true, very true. The way to get kicked out is fun....MWAHAHA *looks aroundthen tries to play innocent* What?