Is male homosexuality a physical problem or psychological problem? #2

Date: Tuesday January 6, 2009
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  • I have found out lately that my brother is a homosexual and I want to help him to become a normal person. how can I help him to become a normal male rather than a Homosexual? where can I find a psychologist or physicians that I could consult over the net to help with this problem? Where else can I find help? Is male homosexuality a physical problem or psychological problem? Please answer by showing solutions and not by telling me that there is nothing wrong of him being a homosexual. Some info about him: he is 27 years , married and father of a 3 years old boy. - He is willing to seek help and become a normal person. - He was abused sexually when he was a chilled. - He lives in the Medal East. - What I know so far that he is the receiving party (others practice sex on him) I am not sure if he dose it back to them. P.S. I am posting this question more than once to get help from more than one person.


  • This is very helpful. Because I too am gay. I believe that there are influences in my life that led up to this. I can even remember changes in thought pattern and i could tell that I my thought pattern could led up to my becoming gay; however at the time, because i was young, it was only theory and i largely ignored it. I grew up in a semi-abusive household that eventually became very abusive. I longed for parental attention which i never received and is still very evident in my inner self. I never got over it. Being able to trace back into my past would be very helpful to me.


  • Your comment is highly appreciated and helpful. Thank you very much.


  • Hi! Thanks for the question. Since your question states a specific goal to be achieved herein, we shall concentrate on such objective and move away from the debate about homosexuality being right or wrong. Since you and your brother choose a heterosexual orientation for the latter, we shall concentrate on attaining that goal. The previous answers have already provided you with a great number of resources on the nature of homosexuality. I will also present such information on the discussion of the psychological and physical aspect of homosexuality. But I will start to your most immediate need and that is of getting help. The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality or NARTH should be one of your most important stops since it provides an international referral service of licensed therapists for sexual reorientation treatment. You could contact them and find therapy help for your brother. NARTH 16633 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1340 Encino, CA 91436-1801 Phone: (818) 789-4440 Fax: (818) 789-6452 http://www.narth.com/ http://www.narth.com/menus/officers.html (Officers) Other possible organizations that could help in your objective are listed and describes in the links below with pointers to their individual websites. They are composed of scientific, religious and non-sectarian groups. Finding a Therapist and Counseling Groups from People Change links http://www.peoplecanchange.com/q_a_on_gay_to_straight_change_page_2.htm http://www.peoplecanchange.com/ex-gay_therapy_resources.htm http://www.peoplecanchange.com/ex-gay_resources_for_family_and_friends.htm Helpful Orgs for Sexual Identity Issues http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/4014/orgs.html I wish you success in working with these organizations. In a more theoretical discussion I found the following articles. Most of them were already mentioned in the sources cited by other researchers. I will particularly point out some interesting tidbits from the papers I found. “There have been few systematic family studies of homosexuality; like the twin studies, most are anecdotal. However, there are three worth looking at. In 1981[36] and 1986,[37] Pillard presented the two largest family studies to date. Both shared many subjects, again mostly recruited through homophile newspapers. Homosexual men gave information about their siblings whose sexual orientation was then rated in four different ways. Some non-cooperative siblings were included using second-hand evidence! A more serious problem is the conflicting definitions of sexual orientation. An index case with a Kinsey rating of 2 was classed as heterosexual; if he was a sibling, he was apparently bisexual!” “Homosexuality - the causes...” http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:__N-KHyNRikC:www.remailer.integrity.org/pubs/nucleus/nucoct97/cause.htm+homosexuality+causes&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 The next article is from a website which promotes religious tolerance on issues like these but it has a good list and summary of such theories on causes of homosexuality. “What causes sexual orientation?” http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_caus1.htm The NARTH website also has literature resources and studies about the issue. You might be interested in reading some of them. NARTH has a large resource of papers pertaining to the cause of homosexuality. You may read them through this link: "Is Homosexuality Genetic?" http://www.narth.com/menus/born.html “Frequently religion played a major role in motivating a client to seek reorientation, Throckmorton notes, a fact that leads him to caution mental health professionals against assuming that the profession fully understands the potential and limitation for human change. ‘For years, public and professional opinion of ex-gay ministries have been influenced by anecdotes from persons not helped by these ministries," he said. "Basing opinions on the experience of only those who have not been helped gives an incomplete and therefore inaccurate picture of the potential for alteration of human sexual identity.’” “Gay-To-Straight Research Published In APA Journal” http://www.narth.com/docs/throckarticle.html In two more articles, two therapists articulate some of their strategies in sexual reorientation therapy. “The patient's success in this effort is directly related to his acceptance and recognition of the various factors that have interfered and continue to interfere with an adequate masculine self-image. Therefore, the therapist guides the patient in revisiting the significant situations of childhood, linking them up with past and present feeling states, and labeling the patterns. Once this is accomplished the groundwork is laid for leading the patient towards masculinization. Laying the groundwork involves using the patient's personal history to demonstrate how childhood situations left him with a sense of exclusion from the ‘masculine club’ and produced deep feelings of ‘not measuring up.’” “The Treatment of Ego-Dystonic Homosexuality: The Development of a Masculine Self-Image” http://www.narth.com/docs/richfield.html The vice president of NARTH uses a technique called “gender- affirmative therapy" for his clients. “Treatment of Male Homosexuality: A Cognitive-Behavioral and Interpersonal Approach” http://www.narth.com/docs/byrd.html For other NARTH articles, please follow this link: Clinical and Ethical Issues http://www.narth.com/menus/ceissues.html Search terms used: homosexuality "support groups" causes I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if you would need further information. Thanks for visiting us. Regards, Easterangel-ga Google Answers Researcher


  • Thank yo very much for your answer.


  • Oh, i would also like to add that studies show that not all gays grew up in abusive households. So this may or may not help your brother. but it certainly sounds like it might help me. Thanks.


  • Hello redosam-ga The physical problem (genetic/biological) Vs psychological (environmental) is continuosly debated. 'Nature Vs Nuture' From reading, it appears that bisexuals are have a higher level of success in sexual conversion to a heterosexual status than homosexuals. So that point is optimistic, though bisexuals want to experience sexual relations with both sexes and are more experimental by nature. This question and answer from Google Answers 'Environmental homosexuality' by lot-ga 19 Aug 2002 answers.google.com https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=56012 may throw some light in your understanding of the matter. Presumably your brother is fluent in English for online resources? Though I would probably suggest he seek advice from local sources in the Middle East as a personal consultation is more engaging (and in turn more influential) than distance communications with a non native person. If you were to help him directly, he may not be completely open to you (for fear of embarassment.) People are generally more open to strangers who are not in contact with their social circles. Kind regards lot-ga


  • Hello The solutions you are looking for could be reparative or conversion therapies, a search strategy to start off - Google search string of:homosexual reparative OR reparation OR conversion therapy OR therapies consultant ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&c2coff=1&q=homosexual+reparative+OR+reparation+OR+conversion+therapy+OR+therapies+consultant This research could be targeted to Middle Eastern therapy, and depending on your brother's religion or scientific stance fine tuned to an appropriate religious or scientific approach. Unfortunately I don't have much time on my hands to go into detail, so I have posted a comment instead. kind regards lot-ga







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