Milo Yiannopoulos rurrected a dangero old myth about gay men and pedophilia - Vox

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• MILO YIANNOPOULOS SAYS HE IS ‘EX-GAY,’ WANTS TO REHABILATE ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS CLAR HIMSELF EX-GAY AND SAYS HE’S ‘MOTED’ HBAND TO HOEMATE BIZARRE NEW TERVIEW
• MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE HIR MILO YIANNOPOULOS — A 37-YEAR-OLD 'EX-GAY' FORMER BREBART EDOR ONCE DISVED OM CPAC FOR 'NDONG PEDOPHILIA' — AS AN TERN
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS CLAIMS HE IS NOW “EX-GAY” LATT GRIFT
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS CLAR HIMSELF 'EX-GAY' AND SAYS HE WANTS TO REHABILATE 'NVERSN THERAPY'
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS AND THE MYTH OF THE GAY PEDOPHILE
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS RURRECTED A DANGERO OLD MYTH ABOUT GAY MEN AND PEDOPHILIA
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS DPERATELY DECLAR HIMSELF ‘EX-GAY,’ SAYS HIS NEW MISSN IS CONVERSN THERAPY
• WHO IS MILO YIANNOPOULOS'S HBAND? ACTIVIST SAYS HE'S 'EX-GAY' AND 'SODOMY EE' AFTER 3 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
• ACTIVIST MILO YIANNOPOULOS IS NOW ‘EX-GAY,’ NSECRATG HIS LIFE TO ST. JOSEPH
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS’ DISTURBG ‘PRAY THE GAY AWAY’ EVENT MET WH LGBT+ FIANCE: ‘LOVE IS LOUR’
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS RPONDS TO BACKLASH: ‘I AM A GAY MAN, AND A CHILD ABE VICTIM’
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS RENOUNC GAY LIFTYLE, CONSECRAT HIMSELF TO ST. JOSEPH
• MEET THE EX-GAY GRIFTER BEHD KANYE WT’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL
• GAY JOURNALIST LEAV THE LEFT BEHD AND EMBRAC A 'BRAND NEW CONSERVATIVE'

MILO YIANNOPOULOS SAYS HE IS ‘EX-GAY,’ WANTS TO REHABILATE ‘NVERSN THERAPY’

Right-wg provotr Milo Yiannopoulos has e out as “ex-gay” – announcg that he “would like to help rehabilate what the media lls “nversn therapy” over the next , acrdg to a report. The 36-year-old Brish polil mentator, whose speech and wrgs often ridicule polil rrectns, social jtice and femism, clared himself no longer gay and “sodomy ee, ” he told LifeSe an terview. “When I ed to kid that I only beme gay to torment my mother, I wasn’t entirely jokg, ” he said.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS CLAR HIMSELF EX-GAY AND SAYS HE’S ‘MOTED’ HBAND TO HOEMATE BIZARRE NEW TERVIEW

— and only leaned heavily to public bee drove liberals crazy to see a handsome, charismatic, telligent gay man rtoly celebratg nservative prcipl, ” Yiannopoulos ntued.

“As for the CHANGED movement, I gus bee they’re Californian they don’t see how funny their webse is, or maybe they’re dirty non-doms who thk God lov you more the gayer you act, but I was slightly makg fun of them wh that ptn, ” he said. Sign up for the daily Insi Washgton email for exclive US verage and analysis sent to your boxGet our ee Insi Washgton emailFar-right mentator Milo Yiannopoulos has given an terview which he claims to be “ex-gay” and has chosen to “mote” his hband to a “hoemate” 36-year-old, who is known for givg ntroversial mentary, allegedly told LifeSe — a right-wg Christian news outlet — of the chang to his sexualy and maral stat an terview published Yiannopoulos claimed to have only “leaned-” to beg gay the past bee an outspoken and “handsome” nservative would “drive liberals crazy”. “When I ed to kid that I only beme gay to torment my mother, I wasn’t entirely jokg, ” said Mr Yiannopoulos, who scribed the sexualy as a “liftyle”.

“[I] only leaned heavily to public bee drove liberals crazy to see a handsome, charismatic, telligent gay man rtoly celebratg nservative prcipl, ” said Mr more: Facebook clus ‘alt-right’ webse Brebart ‘high qualy’ news sectn spe repeated ntroversiThe far-right mentator add that he was focg on supportg “nversn therapy”, the psdo practice that is wily banned outsi the Uned Stat and outlawed relatn to mors only 20 stat.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE HIR MILO YIANNOPOULOS — A 37-YEAR-OLD 'EX-GAY' FORMER BREBART EDOR ONCE DISVED OM CPAC FOR 'NDONG PEDOPHILIA' — AS AN TERN

Although he allegedly hted his book, “Dangero”, that might be “g out” as straight the future, Mr Yiannopoulos’s terview wh LifeSe marked the first time the far-right mentator had claimed he was “ex-gay” an terview that marks such a U-turn for the firebrand uld almost be read as revelatns were wily rid by Twter ers on Wednday, and left many the LGBT+ muny jokgly celebratg Mr Yiannopoulos’s so-lled straightns.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS CLAIMS HE IS NOW “EX-GAY” LATT GRIFT

Gee Takei, who played Sulu the Star Trek anchise, wrote: “Far-right provotr Milo Yiannopoulos now claims to be ex-gay’ and, as a gay man, I for one am ex-halg a sigh of relief. "So I have an tern that was raped by a prit as a young teen, was gay, has offend everyone at some pot, turned his life back to J and Church, and changed his life, " she said.

"I thk particularly the gay world, and outsi the Catholic Church — if that's where some of you want to go wh this — I thk the gay world some of the most important, enrichg and credibly life-affirmg, important shapg relatnships very often between younger boys and olr men, " he said a 2016 podst.

Yiannopoulos, who intified at the time as gay, now lls himself "ex-gay" and claimed last year to be buildg a nversn therapy clic Florida. “In the homosexual world, particularly, some of those relatnships between younger boys and olr men — the sort of ‘g of age’ relatnships — the relatnships which those olr men help those young boys to disver who they are and give them secury and safety and provi them wh love and a reliable sort of rock, ” Yiannopoulos said. He repeatedly argued on Real Time Wh Bill Maher last week that trans people are “disorred, ” and even suggted that gay people might be as well.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS CLAR HIMSELF 'EX-GAY' AND SAYS HE WANTS TO REHABILATE 'NVERSN THERAPY'

(Major medil groups, like the Amerin Medil Associatn and Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, say beg transgenr or gay is not a mental disorr. But the remarks also may have crossed the le bee they played to longstandg nservative fears about gay men — specifilly, the myth that there’s a lk between homosexualy and pedophilia. And was ed the past to monize gay men and block the advancement of gay rights — such as, retired UC Davis profsor Gregory Herek explaed, “ 1977, when Ana Bryant mpaigned succsfully to repeal a Da County (FL) ordance prohibg anti-gay discrimatn, she named her anizatn ‘Save Our Children, ’ and warned that ‘a particularly viant-md [gay] teacher uld sexually molt children.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS AND THE MYTH OF THE GAY PEDOPHILE

In this ntext, Yiannopoulos’s support of child moltatn as a gay man played to preexistg nservative fears about homosexualy, makg him a particularly alarmg figure. Right-wg cultural cric Milo Yiannopoulos me out last week as “ex-gay” — and is now preparg to open a ntroversial nversn therapy facily Florida, The Post has learned. Asked what sense he is “ex-gay, ” Yiannopoulos told The Post that he is an ongog procs of tryg to reorient his homosexualy, but for now is a stage of abstence and enjoys g the term to troll his crics.

“‘Ex-gay’ is a silly exprsn but has the virtu of slottg to a prt headle neatly and absolutely enragg the opposn. There is an enormo mand for this among people who believe they’ve been led astray by — sounds silly to ll this — but you know, the gay tablishment, ” Yiannopoulos said.

Asked about ncerns over the potential harm to gay youth, Yiannopoulos dismissed those fears as merely the product of the practice havg a bad rap. Argug that “the gay lobby” was “so poisono and wicked and evil, ” Yiannopoulos said that he is not nvced by data touted by the tert group or s alli, which unrm nversn therapy. “We don’t know very much for sure, we have a relatively clear ia about a lot of , but here’s the thg: sce the eighti and neti, we haven’t really been able to do any rearch that don’t nform to the propaganda bee you nnot get fundg for anythg other than fdg the gay gene, ” he said.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS RURRECTED A DANGERO OLD MYTH ABOUT GAY MEN AND PEDOPHILIA

“Anybody who tells you that they know the short, precise etlogy of homosexualy is lyg to you, ” he said. “The current nsens, scientific and everythg else, seems to be that there are people who are born wh a greater or lser predisposn toward homosexualy. Yiannopoulos ultimately believ the center will help “the first generatn” of gay lennials “whose sexualy is extribly lked and wrapped up wh their polil posns, ” valu, behavr and personal inty.

“I happen to thk that tryg to unravel that, unwd and rcue people om is a noble e, ” he explaed, “And I also thk that you set agast the extraordary evil of the gay lobby that enurag this, you know, monolhic, ludicro form of behavr that says to people that ‘if you want to fd love, you have to behave'” a way that rc dividuals to stereotyp. Trollg beme his forte and the MAGA mob ate up the flamboyant gay man tryg to emulate Donald Tmp and regurgatg right-wg talkg pots wh a tty sp.

“When I ed to kid that I only beme gay to torment my mother, I wasn’t entirely jokg, ” Yiannopoulos says.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS DPERATELY DECLAR HIMSELF ‘EX-GAY,’ SAYS HIS NEW MISSN IS CONVERSN THERAPY

— and only leaned heavily to public bee drove liberals crazy to see a handsome, charismatic, telligent gay man rtoly celebratg nservative prcipl.

WHO IS MILO YIANNOPOULOS'S HBAND? ACTIVIST SAYS HE'S 'EX-GAY' AND 'SODOMY EE' AFTER 3 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

I hope people will support and pray for me, if for no other reason than they share my light at the prospect of Milo Yiannopoulos furly and dignantly railg agast homosexuals for ss of the flh. Right-wg provotr Milo Yiannopoulos has clared himself 'ex-gay' and 'sodomy ee' and said he wants to rehabilate 'nversn therapy' as he lled transsexuals 'monic' and vowed to 'vote' himself to the Catholic 36-year-old, who beme the poster boy for the alt-right due to his misogynistic, racist and homophobic rants, claimed he is no longer gay and likened homosexualy to 'addictn' and 'beg an alholic' three years after he wed his boyiend Hawaii.

ACTIVIST MILO YIANNOPOULOS IS NOW ‘EX-GAY,’ NSECRATG HIS LIFE TO ST. JOSEPH

' Right-wg provotr Milo Yiannopoulos has clared himself 'ex-gay' and 'sodomy ee' and said he wants to rehabilate 'nversn therapy' as he lled transsexuals 'monic' and vowed to 'vote' himself to the Catholic Church. Pictured 2019 at a rally Yiannopoulos told the right-wg webse he 'wasn't entirely jokg' when he said he 'beme gay' to annoy his mom and qutned how anyone uld be 'wholly at home the gay liftyle. ''When I ed to kid that I only beme gay to torment my mother, I wasn't entirely jokg, ' he said.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS’ DISTURBG ‘PRAY THE GAY AWAY’ EVENT MET WH LGBT+ FIANCE: ‘LOVE IS LOUR’

'The firebrand likened his former life as a gay man to 'generacy' and said he felt was 'all I served.

The 36-year-old, who beme the poster boy for the alt-right due to his misogynistic, racist and homophobic rants, claimed he is no longer gay and likened homosexualy to 'addictn' and 'beg an alholic' three years after he wed his boyiend Hawaii. ' When asked about prev ments he ma on right-wg platform Parler about members of the ex-gay Christiany movement beg 'saved' and 'cured of their sful urg', he said he don't see himself the same way but views his homosexualy as an 'addictn'.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS RPONDS TO BACKLASH: ‘I AM A GAY MAN, AND A CHILD ABE VICTIM’

Pictured his weddg to long-term boyiend John 2017'As for the CHANGED movement, I gus bee they're Californian they don't see how funny their webse is, or maybe they're dirty non-doms who thk God lov you more the gayer you act, but I was slightly makg fun of them wh that ptn. 'I hope people will support and pray for me, if for no other reason than they share my light at the prospect of Milo Yiannopoulos furly and dignantly railg agast homosexuals for ss of the flh, ' he said. 'He add: 'In the gay world, some of the most enrichg and credibly life-affirmg and shapg relatnships, very often between younger boys and olr men, n be hugely posive experienc for those young boys.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS RENOUNC GAY LIFTYLE, CONSECRAT HIMSELF TO ST. JOSEPH

On gay people In a June 2015 article, Yiannopoulos argued that gay people should go 'back to the closet' and ed the rogatory slur 'f*gs'. Yiannopoulos, who is gay, displayed a photo of a transgenr woman and named her – ont of an dience of 300 people, pl onle viewers. The journalist’s ments suggt gay men enjoy sex wh children—an ia that has been wily Miami 1977, monstrators rry signs of Ana Bryant, send om the left, a sger and anti-gay activist who promoted the ia that gay people are a threat to children.

”In the vio, a clip of an old podst episo that was tweeted this weekend by the group Reagan Battaln, Yiannopoulos says he isn’t fendg pedophilia, before addg that “ the gay world, some of the most enrichg...

@Mschlapp — The Reagan Battaln (@ReaganBattaln) Febary 20, 2017Among the many reasons Yiannopoulos’s ments are beg cricized, as Vox’s German Lopez pots out, is that he lends support to a claim, ma by some anti-gay activists, that many gay men harbor a secret sire to molt children.

MEET THE EX-GAY GRIFTER BEHD KANYE WT’S DOWNWARD SPIRAL

For example, a 2002 document that’s still live on the webse of the Fay Rearch Council reads that “Male homosexuals m a disproportnate number of child sex abe s. ”The spected (and wily bunked) lk to child moltatn has been ed to suggt that gay people shouldn’t be allowed to work wh children. In 2005, jt 49 percent of poll rponnts told Gallup they thk gay people should be allowed to be clergy members, and jt 54 percent said they should be elementary-school to the 1970s, gays the U.

The thk-of-the-children angle, meanwhile, was spearhead by Ana Bryant, a Christian sger who succsfully lobbied for the repeal of a 1977 Miami ordance barrg anti-gay discrimatn. Bryant claimed that if gays were granted equal stat society, they would molt children schools or rec them to their liftyle, acrdg to news reports at the time. “The ordance ndon immoraly and discrimat agast my children’s rights to grow up a healthy, cent muny, ” Bryant told reporters that name of Bryant’s advocy anizatn unrsred her pot: Save Our cint is now nsired, by some, to be the begng of anized, nservative-Christian opposn to gay rights.

GAY JOURNALIST LEAV THE LEFT BEHD AND EMBRAC A 'BRAND NEW CONSERVATIVE'

“The important pot is that many child molters nnot be meangfully scribed as homosexuals, heterosexuals, or bisexuals ( the ual sense of those terms) bee they are not really pable of a relatnship wh an adult man or woman, ” wr Gregory Herek, an emer profsor of social psychology at the Universy of California at Davis, on his scribed a number of studi which scientists tried to fd a lk between homosexualy and pedophilia—and me up short:Dr.

The molter was a gay or lbian adult fewer than 1% of s which an adult molter uld be intified – only 2 of the 269 s (Jenny et al., 1994).

Some Canadian rearchers observed how homosexual and heterosexual adult men rpond to slis of mal and femal of var ag (child, pubcent, and mature adult).