Fear That Your Son May Be Gay?

[Guest Donna Jean]

SEE???

This is the kind of mindset that bleeds over to us...Easy fix for a complicated problem..

http://www.smh.com.au/national/dad-forced-...91223-lct5.html

Oh my goodness......

Donna Jean

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

OMG thats horrid.... one thing at least he is going to be charged Id not want to be him if he goes to jail

[Guest Talia]

Are some parents so unable to accept there children that they would go to such lengths?

This is just disturbing and shameful.

[Guest viv]

Hi Donna Jean,

I am disgusted. What worries me is this , if enough "people" , say

whats wrong is now right , then we become less as a species . Stuff like what

happened to that lad is becoming all too prevalent ,Im almost going into rant

mode so will leave it at that, viv ..

[Sally]

When I first read the topic title, I thought it was a suggestion by you and I thought that wew ere going to have to have a very long and severe chat.

Insanity is the only excuse.

I have come to the conclusion that all right thinking people are wrong!

What a strange world - buying your son a hooker is better than letting him be gay - what if they thought he was trans?

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Janessa]

I do not see what on earth that father was thinking, because if his son is gay then obviously that is not going to change that; if anything it might give him mental problems. I really do not understand why it is such a big deal if his son is gay in the first place or how anyone could be led to believe forcing someone into sex will change a thing.

Did he at least talk to his son about it first? >.>

[Guest Pól]

Mother of God, what a mess of a story.

However completely deluded the father is, he was only trying to 'help' his son (even if his way of helping was horrible), and the poor son is probably going to be scarred for the rest of his life. What's worse is that this whole torrid thing is dragged out through the media, so not only is the son probably completely humiliated about the event, the whole world has to know about it. I think maybe parents get frightened when they think their child is gay or trans or whatever, and they lose all sight of what's actually important.

[Guest i is Sam :-)]

Yeah what happens to the opinion they had when you were born "it doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, we just want it to have 10 fingers and 10 toes"

[Guest again]

What a very sad little world some people live in.............I hope this boy gets the help he needs to overcome this abuse by his father. I remember many years ago having a conversation with a woman---at that time I was very closed minded about gay issues---and she said that she didn't care if her then four year old son turned out to be gay or straight, she just wanted him to be a good person when he grew up. What a wise woman!

[Guest nova]

I hope they find the boy a new family, 'cause they should not let that guy raise children . . . i wouldn't trust him with my dog (if I had one). So, I'm almost afraid to ask, but I wonder what would be his idea of intervention if he had a daughter he suspected of the same thing?

[Guest ChloëC]

The more I think about this, the more I realize how wrong it is on so many levels.

There is family abuse.

There is underage rape.

There is complete misunderstanding of gender issues

There is salacious reporting.

A parent abusing a child is seldom international news by itself. As is a child having underage sex.

But put those two together with gender issues, toss in the world's oldest profession and voila! here's a 'wonderful' story for the time of year, sure to get lots of coverage, lots of reaction.

How sad for the family, for other relatives or friends, but especially for the boy. If the boy is taken into protective custody, will he get the attention he so badly needs? Now the world knows, and are we all better for it?

Chloë

[Guest Jean Davis]

Most people are intelligent and/or educated.

Appearently this father was neither if he thought that this was the solution.

I hope the boy gets the help he needs to overcome this.

LUV

Jean

[Guest Miss Aeryn]

I read this story in the local papers yesterday. And second everything ChloeC said. Epic fails.

[Guest Javey]

Thats terrible. Truly. Whats wrong with some people?

[Guest Amanda joan]

As a parent I am sick.

What in the world did this man think was going to change inside his Son by having him be with a prostitute!

Is this some kind of mistery cure for being gay. The man must have lost his mind. I can't imagine ever wanting my Son to be with a prostitute and especially not when he was 14 years old. I assume some parents have thought well if he experiences heterosexual sex he won't want gay sex. That is a strange way of thinking.

This is just another example of people wanting their children to fit into this neat little box they have made for them. When are people going to learn that you can not force your feelings on someone else.

I am just sick.

Peace & Love Amanda

[Guest sarah f]

I hope they make the father pay for this. What was he thinking. How can he even sleep at night. I hope he goes to jail for a long time.

[Guest Anna_Banana]

See, the LGBT community should capitalize on this. We should be finding out this father's religious beliefs and political party so that we could post it all up in the media.

Or at least that's exactly what they do to us. "Yep, look at that transvestite over there. He's a dirty prostitute. Did I mention he's also liberal? Let's pass legislation to stop them!" They tell us we're backwards and wrong. Look at this idiot!

.Anna

[Guest Robin Winter]

Anyone have this guy's address?

[Guest Miss Aeryn]

See, the LGBT community should capitalize on this. We should be finding out this father's religious beliefs and political party so that we could post it all up in the media.

Or at least that's exactly what they do to us. "Yep, look at that transvestite over there. He's a dirty prostitute. Did I mention he's also liberal? Let's pass legislation to stop them!" They tell us we're backwards and wrong. Look at this idiot!

.Anna

Why should the community capitalise on this event?

Just because certain views are held against us doesn't mean we should stoop to thier level(s).

Refuse to submit to the lowest common denominator.

Aeryn