Comments | london1967: The mayoral debate and the 'gay cure' campaign

london1967

The mayoral debate and the 'gay cure' campaign

Apr 13, 2012 16:33

Tomorrow morning Adrian (london1952) and I are planning to go the 'London Gay Mayoral Hustings 2012' where 'mayoral candidates Boris Johnson, Jenny Jones, Ken Livingstone and Brian Paddick' will 'debate their vision for the future of London and how they will work for the lesbian, gay and bisexual residents of the capital.'

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london1967 April 13 2012, 16:12:04 UTC

Oh, I don't know. It seems that when it comes to these issues, one court rules in favour and another against.

Just look at this case
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-16984133
The defence lawyer successfully used 'freedom of expression'.

bitterlawngnome April 13 2012, 16:09:01 UTC

The xian ads look like the gay ads because the ex-gays look so much like ... gays.

london1967 April 13 2012, 16:14:08 UTC

... because the cure didn't work!

bitterlawngnome April 13 2012, 16:26:46 UTC

It's not really a cure as much as it is a fetish club for ppl who get off on extreme self-hatred.

london1967 April 16 2012, 11:18:44 UTC

You are quite right!

inbhirnis April 14 2012, 00:36:09 UTC

It is like an alternate universe in the UK, where we see the Consvative party having more gay MPs than the other parties put together, and where their leadership is, by and large, pretty gay-friendly.

SO different here....

tilia_tomentosa April 14 2012, 21:54:46 UTC

Even I can see your point from here. ;)

london1967 April 16 2012, 11:35:50 UTC

I guess we're lucky! Fingers crossed that it stays this way.

london1967 April 16 2012, 11:19:29 UTC

I know, it's really weird! (but very good).

maxauburn April 14 2012, 05:48:01 UTC

A "cure" for gays - BAH!

I grew up in a VERY religious neighborhood, and was told that I was a "Queer" and a "Faggot" and
I was pre-doomed to go to hell from the time I was 7!

I believed it for years - until I was in my early 20's!

I feel sorry for all the young gays & lesbians
who grow up believing that garbage, too.

london1967 April 16 2012, 11:27:57 UTC

I'm sorry to hear about that - it's obscene that people who call themselves Christian inflict all this pain on others.

I know that if I had seen an advert like the one run by Stonewall when I was a teenager, it would have made accepting myself a bit easier.

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london1967 April 16 2012, 11:28:44 UTC

The debate was great. And I'm going to post about it later.