Comments on: Gay change topic tonight on the Oprah Network

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:44 +0000

Science and technology have solved that problem. Willing lesbians and a sperm donor are all you need.

It has been show that two females can reproduce with a little lab work. That is if the females are mice. But taking the concept up the evolutionary ladder shouldn’t be too difficult.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:43 +0000

I am a gay 31 year old. I, like ever other gay man on the planet, of course realizes that being “straight” and therefore socially acceptable would make our lives easier. However, the vast, vast, vast majority of us choose to be ourselves and hope/expect that others will love us for who we are. I knew I was born gay and became attracted to boys during puberty just like a straight boy finds girls attractive during puberty. I had a very normal childhood, with loving parents.

I think why so many in the gay community laugh and mock the “become straight” movement is that we find it sad that people are so brainwashed by religion that they feel the need to try and become something they are not. “Praying yourself straight” is everyone’s right, of course (I’ll leave out the question of it’s effectiveness), but wouldn’t it be great if we lived in a society where we could just be ourselves, and not feel guilty about it??? This movement contradicts that noble goal.

By: preston

preston — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:43 +0000

The sperm donor is not a person?

By: Throbert McGee

Throbert McGee — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:41 +0000

My point is that procreating offspring is a very powerful motivator.

“Parenting” and “procreating” aren’t the same thing, as you yourself acknowledge in your responses to Jon.

If I were personally bothered by my genes disappearing from the gene pool — which I’m not, ’cause what’s it to me if my genes aren’t around 200 years after I’m dead? — I could solve this by the simple expedient of sperm donation, which involves much less time, expense, and trouble than “change therapy.” (I’m HIV- and have the same IQ as Jayne Mansfield, so I’m willing to bet that some chicks would pay good cash for my semen even knowing that I’m homosexual and this trait might theoretically show up in the resulting offspring.)

P.S. For what it’s worth, I have some ethical problems with the idea of being a “sperm donor,” so I’ve never given this idea serious consideration and doubt I ever will. I’m just observing that as a practical matter, it’s simpler than “change therapy” for gays who really really want to pass their genes on.

By: Jon Trouten

Jon Trouten — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:18:41 +0000

Whatever, Preston. You brought up parenting as a reason why gay people would want to live the heterosexual lifestyle. I brought up that you can be gay and a parent. You eventually said that there’s a difference between having kids and parenting kids. You then put the emphasis onto looking at your genes in your kids. That’s fine, but not everyone suffers self-satisfaction with being the parent of biologically-related kids who look similar to them.

If you think I’m quibbling and splitting hair by pointing out that gay people don’t have to enter the “heterosexual lifestyle” in order to become parents, then so be it. You don’t. I didn’t. I know many others who didn’t.

That said, I personally know a few ex-gay folks who did enter the “heterosexual lifestyle” and who became parents. They are all gay again and divorced and their kids are being split between homes.

I prefer my way of becoming a parent.