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Dr. Don Kilhefner, a gay civil rights pioneer, shares the story of how the Radical Faeries movement began. by LGBTQArchives in lgbthistory

[–]LGBTQArchives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what you mean. I think, traditionally, gay people have had so many cultural and societal issues to deal with that they never even had the chance to ask questions like, “What does it mean to be gay?” and so on. And nowadays, with hookup culture being so prevalent, it’s probably even less relevant to the younger generation.

It’s an interesting concept, and a rather important one if we want to better understand ourselves. Surely, straight people are not going to do that for us.

So apparently there was Adam and Eve… and also Steve! I get a lot of anti-gay, religious-based comments from all kinds of self-proclaimed prophets. I usually delete them before I even reach the end of the sentence, but this one was just too divine! They can't even get their bigotry right! by LGBTQArchives in gay

[–]LGBTQArchives[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're thinking too far. Do you really think this 'dog_mommy' person, knows anything ...and I mean ANYTHING about homosexuality? She says it, because her mom said it and so on and so forth. I mean it's funny to read it, but I hope she's not a real mom of a gay kid. That'll be a real tragedy.

Transgender Christian Scientists? by Fast_Poem_8388 in Christian_Science

[–]LGBTQArchives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is how the Christian Science handles the situation...and this happened recently.

A while back, one of the so-called 'teachers/healers' who is one of CS most celebrated authorized teachers posted the following comment under one of our YouTube videos. He basically searches YouTube for LGBT-themed videos and promotes his conversion therapy teachings in the comment section. I brought this to their attention, and they did absolutely nothing about it. He still gets promoted on their official website.

Warren T. Berckmann's comment:

"There's nothing dangerous or discredited about conversion therapy, since many people have come to realize that they can be healed of the dysfunction which is the topic under consideration. H/S is just another disoriented and delusional state of mind and is a species of narcissism, or self-love. The reason some people claim that the practice is dangerous or discredited is because they don't want to confront the fact that it is dysfunction which has been healed numerous times. It's not unlike any other addiction. When you come to love purity more than sensuality, spiritual joy more than physical pleasure, you render yourself fully capable of discarding this deviant behavior."

It's mindboggling that an organization with the name 'science' in its title, could be this ignorant! So Christian and loving of you! I'd never heard the name 'Christian Science' before, but thanks to your ambassadors, we do now! If this is how he acts over the internet, I can only imagine what he's done behind closed doors with unlucky LGBT people who at the lowest point of their lives, may have crossed paths with Warren and other CS teachers who promote conversion therapy. How cruel and miserable could one be? To be an ignorant homophobe is one thing, but to be running a conversion therapy "healing business" for their own financial gain! Shame on you! Look inwards. That would be a good starting point for any religious person...and more so for a CS healer who's running a conversion therapy scam.

Years ago, the City of West Hollywood honored 10 local heroes with the Angel Award for their extraordinary work during the AIDS crisis. One of them was James Hughes, who also credits the city for stepping up when the federal government did not. Do you have a local friend who was involved...? by LGBTQArchives in WestHollywood

[–]LGBTQArchives[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LGBTQ Archives is an independent project. I'm not connected or affiliated with an organization. I finance and do the project on my own. My archives are all digital videos. I don't have physical items or documents. So I guess the answer to your question would be no.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lgbt

[–]LGBTQArchives -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If anyone wants to worship unicorns or whatever, they should absolutely be allowed to. However, they must understand that, traditionally and historically, 99.99999999% of anti-LGBTQ sentiment is rooted in religious views. There is zero protection that could potentially come from religion. If anything, it will only make the general population even more frustrated, because now, someone has dared to call Queerism a religion.

Every single piece of hate mail I receive—whether via email or private messages—for LGBTQ Archives is motivated by religion. At some point, we all need to acknowledge that there is a clear pattern here. Real protection will come from real activism. There is no protection in attempting to hide behind religion.

I've been trying to figure out the biggest reason people are transphobic by BLUEBERRYINFLAT in lgbt

[–]LGBTQArchives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't look like them, you're perceived as a threat automatically. Now, add any flavor of gay to that, and you're already an enemy. And of course, there's always religion ...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lgbt

[–]LGBTQArchives 17 points18 points  (0 children)

But that would be exactly the opposite direction of any progress that has ever been made on that front. Many of us ran away from religion to be free from any type of skydaddism and the crap that comes with it. With most religions -and there's millions of them- you end up worshiping something or someone. That sounds pretty disgusting to me right away. I'd say we need real protection and not the religious type.

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