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Contents:
- ADDICTED: THE DARK SI OF GAY SEX
- JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- SEXUAL ADDICTN AND GAY COMMUNI
ADDICTED: THE DARK SI OF GAY SEX
The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn don't nsir sex addictn a legimate mental disorr, but for some young, gay Philalphians, 's a very real problem. * sex addiction gay *
Unfortunately, clicians and programs who provi the sex orientatn change efforts are now g a new treatment jtifitn, claimg that homosexualy is an addictive disorr. She cl to endorse the terms reparative or nversn treatment, but says: “Some people stggle wh thoughts and feelgs of a homosexual nature, that is agast their valu. His attractn to men was miraculoly -eroticized, his sexual addictn was lifted, and he fell eply love wh his wife” and “After tryg va for years to overe his secret homosexual sex addictn, Dan fally "me out" enough to ask others for help.
JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
The Sex, Love, and Addictn: Healg Conversatns for Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Men podst, featurg Dr. David Fawcett, prents ongog expert discsns highlightg the life ncerns of gay, bisexual, and transgenr men. Dr. Fawcett, Vice Print of Clil Programmg for Seekg I… * sex addiction gay *
Tradnal sex addictn treatments have pathologized gay and bi men. It is not by accint that the sex addictn ncept took root Amerin pop psychology, jt as the HIV/AIDS crisis created tremendo fear of male homosexualy.
A gay man sex addictn treatment once shared wh me that: “Most of the men who attend SAA meetgs are ‘actg out’ behavrs are often their homosexual behavrs. People were subjected to forced treatments to “homosexualize” them.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen jt me out as gay. * sex addiction gay *
Perceivg homosexualy as a disease is not new. Groups who classify homosexualy as an abnormaly, as a disease, do so om the base assumptn that homosexual attractns reflect a disturbance.
But morn Amerin society no longer perceiv homosexual sir as an illns. All of the programs and clicians ced above explicly intify themselv as relig unselors and programs, g an addictn mol of homosexualy to support a moral attack on homosexualy. Moral and relig groups have the right to intify that they see homosexualy as “wrong, ” and to mpaign about their views.
SEXUAL ADDICTN AND GAY COMMUNI
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It is uhil for licensed medil profsnals to endorse the ia that homosexualy is an addictn.
Science and medice have been clear that homosexualy is not a disease.
It would be ethil and jt for sex addictn therapy trag groups such as IITAP and SASH to take a stand, and assert that homosexualy should not be treated as an addictn. Some male sex addicts, straight and gay, equent prostut and seek anonymo liaisons through datg apps spe worri about ntractg AIDS and other sexually transmted diseas.