The Opposite of Gay: Nature, Creation, and Queerish Ex-Gay Experiments

Ex-gay ministries train people who are attracted to members of the same sex in gender and religious conventions that such ministries hope will effect changes in erotic desire. However, they reject efforts at denial and repression in favor of frank acknowledgment of homosexual desire, and advocate fo...

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Main Author: Gerber, Lynne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2008
In: Nova religio
Year: 2008, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 8-30
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