Gay Celibacy Is the New Ex-Gay Therapy

 

 

Brandon Ambrosino | The Daily Beast | July 26, 2015

‘Hate the sin, not the sinner’ has led evangelicals to push gay celibacy as a way to accept homosexuals. But is it any better than conversion therapy?

“I’m gayyyyyy,” Matt Jones answers when I ask him how he identifies sexually. “Add or remove one of the y’s as you see fit.”

See, Jones is gay. But the letters act as a buffer of sorts: He’s a Christian and believes that sex is reserved for marriage between one man and one woman. And therefore, though he’s attracted to men (that’s the “gay” part) he practices celibacy (that’s the “yyyyy” part).

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