http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/119 Comments for "Old-School Homophobia" en http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/119#comment-68 <p>What do you even say to that movie? </p><p>I am without words and aghast. </p> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:55:08 -0700 JanieBelle comment 68 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/119#comment-67 <p>What a great find! Did that come from archive.org? It was so important to be reminded that not so long ago homosexuality was framed as an illness &quot;Not visible like smallpox&quot; ... ! Can you imagine! </p><p>And of course today I got an email from about the nomination of Dr. James Holsinger to be Surgeon General. Holsinger in the early 90s produced a report, reputedly an analysis of medicaland academic studies to that point, finding that homosexuality was pathological and dangerous, likely to lead to illness or death. </p><p>How far have we come? Quite far by some measures. Some now say that &quot;civil unions are the floor in the same-sex marriage debate,&quot; though while that&#39;s porgress it feels a bit hollow to me. And at the same time we&#39;re considering for AG a person whose research in the 90s -- 2 decades after the APA demedicalized homosexuality -- finds it to be a pathology that leads to illness or death. </p><p>&nbsp;</p> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:42:04 -0700 Elizabeth comment 67 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/119 <div align="center"> <p><b><font face="book antiqua,palatino" size="3">Boys Beware!</font></b><br /><font face="book antiqua,palatino" size="2"> A Film by Sid Davis</font></p> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="FlowPlayer" data="http://www.archive.org/flv/FlowPlayerWhite.swf" height="263" width="320"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.archive.org/flv/FlowPlayerWhite.swf"></param> <param name="scale" value="noScale"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"></param> <param name="quality" value="high"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="config={ loop:false, videoFile:'http://www.archive.org/download/boys_beware/boys_beware.flv', autoPlay:false, }"></param> </object></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/119">read more</a></p> http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/119#comments history homophobia LGBTQ sex ed Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:19:13 -0700 Chris 119 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org