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10 ANTI-GAY MYTHS DEBUNKED

Myth: Lbian, gay and bisexual people n be intified by certa mannerisms or physil characteristics.  People who are lbian, gay or bisexual e as many different shap, lors and siz as do people who are heterosexual. * lgbt myths *

Th, a bisexual partnered wh a same-genr person do not "bee gay" and a bisexual partnered wh a person of another genr do not "bee straight. At the prs nference announcg this closure, the print, Alan Chambers, apologized for “…years of undue judgment by the anizatn and the Christian Church as a whole…We’ve been imprisoned a worldview that’s neher honorg toward our fellow human begs, nor biblil…From a Juo-Christian perspective, gay, straight, or otherwise, we’re all prodigal sons and dghters. Realy: The Bible is most ncerned about proper treatment of others and oppos celty, exploatn, and abe among all people—heterosexual and homosexual alike.

When taken their historil ntexts, and tracg translatns to the origal text, the morn terpretatn of an anti-homosexualy ntent is not supported. At that time, homosexualy was removed om the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s Diagnostic and Statistil Manual, the official list of mental disorrs and is no longer nsired a mental illns.

John Boswell, Christiany, Social Tolerance, and Homosexualy: Gay People Wtern Europe om the Begng of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century (Universy of Chigo Prs, Paperback edn, p. Many lbian, gay and bisexual people have early heterosexual experienc, but are still lbian, gay or bisexual; many avowed heterosexuals have had sexual ntact wh members of their own sex, but are still heterosexual. Many lbian, gay and bisexual people know that they are attracted to members of their own sex at an early age, sometim as young as 6 or 7 years old.

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