Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 06, 1994, Page 4, Image 4

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• C PR classes held in Student Health Center Cafeteria
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HOPE won’t change
nature, LGBA says
By Stephanie Sisson
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K ii ain’t broke, don't fix it
That's the l-esbian, Cay and
Bisexual Alliance’s response to
the new Oregon Citizen's
Allianti' program, railed Help
One Person Escape
HOPE, originally designed as
n support group for family mem
bers and friends of homosexu
als. has expanded to include
homosexuals who want to get
out of that lifests le
We started getting some
phone calls from homosexuals
who have struggled with the
lifestyle, and who want to find
out how to get out.'' said Sue
Willard, director of HOPE "It's
not really < ounsoling. We re gist
trying to give them support."
Jodi Mai. co-director of the
University l.GBA. shrugged her
shoulders when she talked
about HOPE
The Oregon Citizens
Allium e I eels it’s a choice, it s
an illness Mai said It s has it
human nature It's our nature.
They are attempting to i hange
somebody's human nature I
i onsider that brainwashing."
To provide an example, Mai
talked about a lesbian friend of
hers who had been "helped."
Mai said it worked for a while
Her friend got married and start
ed a family, but had to take anti
depressants to keep from com
mitting suicide. Eventually, she
realized that in spite of her
tremendous effort, she still felt
like a lesbian. She ended up
going back to her old lifestyle.
"Current evidence supports
that counseling for curing*
homosexuality may allow a [>er
son to suppress it. hut it does
not change who they are," said
I.OBA office manager Sieve
larvis.
HOPE'S first meeting will be in
Canity Ian 1,1. with meetings on
the first and third Thursday every
month. It is being coordinated by
six volunteers, including family
members of homosexuals and at
least one ex homosexual
Richard Weller, who was a
homosexual for 19 years, said he
was "recruited into it" when he
was 17 years old.
"I spent years trying to make
d right and I couldn't make it
right." Weller said
"My goal now is to get the
truth out." Weller, said. "You
i an (.onto out of it and be a hap
pier person We're not necessar
11\ trying to turn homosexuals
into heterosexuals We re inter
ested in helping someone who
wants to est ape
Weller lias been straight for a
few years, but tie says tie has
only been completely confident
that homosexuality is wrong for
a little over a year. He is now
dedicated to helping others
who, like himself, believe they
were talked into a lifestyle they
want to get away from.
In November 1992. the OCA
sponsored ballot Measure 9.
which would have required Ore
gon government to discourage
homosexuality, created a con
flict between Oregon conserva
tives and the homosexual com
munity over the issue of gay
rights.
The OCA. whose 1992 ballot
measure failed by 5f> percent,
has re-drafted the measure to
make its wording less stringent
and is in the process of gather
ing signatures to put it on the
1994 ballot.
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