Hong Kong Hires Psychiatrist Who Claims He Can 'Cure' Gays
"The government seems to think that homosexuals are possessed by evil spirits and needed to be 'cleansed' or 'cured' through conversion therapy," Joseph Cho, a spokesman for gay rights group Rainbow Action, told reporters during a protest outside the city's Social Welfare Department Friday. "They are criminalising people with same sex orientation -- this is an international joke," he added. Psychiatrist Hong Kwai-wah, who specialises in "treating unwanted homosexuality," gave a two-and-a-half hour talk to staff at the former British colony's social welfare office on Friday.
Well...there ARE people who don't want to be homosexual and who therefore have every right to seek change (though I genuinely pity them), and "multiple perspectives" are often in order, however, the claim that "gender identity is given by God" is twaddle. I'll bet this is a Christian organization, which likely means it really is an "internatiional joke", yet another impediment to mature consideration of a social issue which is coming of age throughout the world. That it is, therefore, also coming of age in China is downright exhilarating. Can the abomiNations of the Middle East be far behind? They are in everything else...and yet...stay tuned.
Posted by: Bear | Jun 18, 2011 8:17:27 AM
While I don't condone this sort of therapy at all, I can understand where the government is coming from. As the article makes clearer than this snippet, he wasn't hired as a full time staff member, and didn't have any access to gay people who might be susceptible to his pitch. He made one presentation to the department's social workers, and the spokesperson stated that they've also had presentations from gay rights advocates, academicians etc. It sounds like it's a continuing education series of lectures, and in that context, I can see why they might want to include the "other" side. The audience are trained case workers, so for all we know he was challenged and rebuked during his talk.
Posted by: Brian | Jun 18, 2011 9:20:50 AM
"Well...there ARE people who don't want to be homosexual and who therefore have every right to seek change..."
Which is impossible.
The only reason anyone doesn't want to be who they are is because the people in their world have convinced them that who they are is evil and wrong. Nobody is born hating themselves.
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