tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post3596497622215809937..comments2024-03-29T04:32:37.404-05:00Comments on Tales of West Hollywood: The Boy on the Prospect ListNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-20132457040488912362022-06-06T09:49:21.558-05:002022-06-06T09:49:21.558-05:00I mean, deliberate misinformation is still how som...I mean, deliberate misinformation is still how some people address these issues. Notice how just talking about trans issues, you don't even have to talk about sex!, is "grooming" in some circles.<br /><br />The philosophy is "out of sight, out of mind". But a better translation is "blind idiot".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-47613219826194286272020-04-15T03:47:49.599-05:002020-04-15T03:47:49.599-05:00The church was like the rest of the world in the 1...The church was like the rest of the world in the 1960s and 1970s: nobody ever mentioned gay people, and any evidence of same-sex desire was ignored or dismissed. During my senior year in high school, our new preacher was hip to "modern problems," and started yelling about "homa-sekshuls" in every sermon. But before that, nothing.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823073892487105533.post-26115435052725278892020-04-14T14:38:16.825-05:002020-04-14T14:38:16.825-05:00Boomer, it seems like you were given a lot of &quo...Boomer, it seems like you were given a lot of "information" from your church and community about so many things that proved not to be true. How did you deal with all of that? It must've been hard to reconcile your experiences of people and places with what you were being taught about them. That's a lot of cognitive dissonance for a teenager! Especially one with an ever-growing awareness that he is gay. From your posts, you seem to have worked it all out in the end -But how did you manage?fshepinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730251407869448046noreply@blogger.com