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- From: mchan@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Ming-Hing Chan)
- Subject: Advice needed-Bad comming out experience
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 19:29:38 GMT
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- Hi all,
-
- I have a jewish friend (almost 18) who just came out to his parents. Their
- parents are taking it very hard, especially his mother. He had bought a lot
- of books for them to read about homosexuality. However, his parents refused
- to read them. Her mother's argument was that all those books were biased
- and prejudiced and she didnt' want to read them, so it is virtually impossible
- to change their minds about all the stereotypes and negative views they
- have. I told him that he should drag them to a PFLAG meeting, but he
- said they would not go because of the same reason. Also, they are buying
- into the old belief that homosexuality is a disease. Of course, it has been
- widely known that it is no longer classified as such. His mother just
- dismissed this declassification as a result of political pressure from
- gay activists instead of true change in medical thinking.
-
- They sent him to a psychiatrist to try to 'CURE' him. The worst thing is
- that the psychiatrist told his mother that he could change if he wanted to.
- His mom truly thinks that he can be cured. She told him that it wasn't bad
- to have a disease as long as you try to cure it. She said, "why don't you
- want to take some pills just like your father does to control his
- high-blood pressure.'
- Her mom wanted him to date some girls. She wanted him to give her 2 yrs
- to try dating girls. She placed this guilt trip on him: "I have
- done so much for you in my life, why can't you just give me 2 yrs. Just
- try dating for 2 yrs. That's all I ask" -- his mom.
-
- The worst thing is that his mom is really suicidal. She cries almost every
- time he sees her. His father said to him, "see what you've done to your
- mom, you little monster." His father said that he had never seen her
- this way. My friend is also very depressed too.
-
- What should he do? He doesn't have many friends and he doesn't have any
- one close to talk to either because him parents made him promised not to
- tell anybody related or anyone who knows the family. He is in a very bad
- situation with no one to turn to. I'm just a casual acquaintance.
-
- On top of that, he has 2 homophobic roommates who suspect him to be gay and
- constantly harass him. He had to go home every weekend (I think his
- parents are monitoring him).
-
- Any advice to deal with this will be welcomed and forwarded to him.
- Email is preferred.
-
- Thanks in Advance
-
- Hing
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- *-----* Hing Chan (mchan@cs.ucla.edu chan@gsaup.ucla.edu)
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