Ex-Gay Survivor Eric - P2 - The Ex-Gay Program

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In this four part series ex-gay survivor Eric Leocadio tells his story of growing up and struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. Along the journey Eric attempted suicide, entered an "ex-gay" ministry called Living Waters, and struggled to reconcile his faith and sexuality. Also see the bonus Q&A in which filmmaker Daniel Gonzales speaks with Eric.

SOME RIGHTS RESERVED - This video was created by Daniel Gonzales ( exgaysurvivordan@gmail.com ) and is governed by a Creative Commons "Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative 2.0" License.
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ERIC'S BLOG
http://twoworldcollision.blogspot.com/

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[intigfx]

"it's definitely possible"

*facepalm*

Let's turn the situation around. Could YOU become gay? Suppose everyone around you was gay and pushing you to become gay, making you go through ex-straight programs, and suppose you eventually succeed in acting gay and become gay to everyone's eyes. That's definitely possible. But wouldn't you still be straight inside no matter what? Don't you think that would torture you?

[galefan2004]

Gay people do not HAVE to do anything they do not wish to do. Ex-gay is an alternative, and lets be honest, it doesn't work. Show me one case where it honestly works (where you can go from gay to straight). YOU CAN NOT GO FROM GAY TO STRAIGHT. What you can do is spend a life of solitude, and you have the right to do that. You will NEVER change the attraction, you can only change the behavior associated with that attraction (by choosing not to act on it).

[MrRyukage]

@enaudnella You must be lock into thinking what you are is wrong, it's not wrong at all.

[enaudnella]

@galefan2004 You can not change it................God has to change it! I have been ex-gay for over a year after heavy involvement in the lifestyle. As far as choosing not to act on it? The fact that you said choosing is accurate .......Does a ex-convict think about convictions? An  ex-alcholic about alcohol? Having a propensity for something doesnt dictate who one is. Further more one has to examine the origin of sexuality......If you are coming "out"? You must have been somewhere else!

[enaudnella]

@intigfx Try life time incarceration............It's a choice !

[laphiphila]

hm u say gays what do u mean exactly,. do boys how acts like girls are also consider to be gays??/

[alex9033]

Yeah, this must be why King James I, King Richard II, Alexander the Great, Socrates, Rob Halford, George Takei, and Elton John are all bumbling idiots.

Not to mention that you're telling this to someone with a 120-ish IQ, and likely yourself have an IQ roughly equivalent to the sine ratio of that. 0.866, if you're too lazy to use a calculator.

People like you are the scourge of society, not homosexuals.

[intigfx]

Only idiots think one can become gay. You're stupid enough for that it seems.

[EvolvedRabbit]

Only idiots can become gay. I'm not stupid enough.

[intigfx]

You idiot, ex-gay counseling ALSO leads to a rope around your neck.

[galefan2004]

You can not go from gay to straight. However, you can chose not to act on your gay thoughts and desires. You should only do that if you want to do so for you not for anyone else. I also grew up Christian and gay. I gave up being Christian and I don't act on my gay thoughts and desires either.