On 2006-05-21 11:45:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-05-19 13:51:00, Badpuppy wrote:
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On 2006-05-16 17:08:00, RobertBruce wrote:
"Hmmmm if thats true it raises more questions.
Why would a school prohibit inmates from forming any sort of relationship yet its owner not only engages in a homosexual
relationship (a disorder the school at one point
claimed to treat) while also engaging in dangerous promiscuity?
It really would raise a few questions should it turn out to be true. "
Why is promiscuous sex dangerous if they engage in safe sex? Is your point that homosexuatity is a disorder, or that HLA is hypocritical by treating homosexuality as a disease at the same time its owner was gay? I have the same disdain for homophobes as I do for this industry. Many kids are incarcerated for little else than their sexual orientation. If the point of the post is to point out the irony of their gay relationship while treating homosexuality as disease that is one thing. If your point is to bash them for being gay thats something else."
I don't think that by listing homosexuality as something they treat they were calling it a disease. What was meant by that is that they helped kids who were having difficulties with their sexual orientation and were going through a difficult time with that issue. Never in my time there was a kid treated as having a disease if they were homosexual. Actually the opposite was true. Kids struggling with there sexual identity were just given an opportunity to work through that issue. Whether they were homosexual or not was not the real issue."
Can you tell me how the couselors kept the gay kids from becoming pariahs? How did you help them work it through? Did you encourage them to discuss this in group?
Let me help you a little with your education. If you think being gay isn't a major issue in their lives you need a reality check. How the hell could you treat the drug abuse and depression without understanding what it is like to have to either lead a double life or a life where who you are is largely subjected to derision, and scorn. Rememeber, your a kid. You can't just up and go to a gay freindly area. Being gay is a comorbid factor in probably 30% of teen suicides.
Gay kids are going to gravitate in a different social environment than staight kids. Can you tell me whats different? I am trying to see if you are competent to deal with these kids.[ This Message was edited by: on 2006-05-21 17:41 ]
