Ex-Gay Activist Gets Illustrated
Uses Children's Book For Homophobic Propaganda
 

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Here's one book our imaginary children won't be reading: Alfie's Home by ex-gay activist Richard A. Cohen.

Cohen's main claim to fame comes from his queer approach to "homo trauma": clutching a pillow and pleading for his father's love. Judging from the looks of this book, he's been chatting up Without Prejudice's prejudiced panelist who thinks all gays were raped.

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Comments (38)

No. 1 · Tallskin

Hmmm, and what about those of us who (sadly!) were never fiddled with by a horny uncle and those of us who had a fulfilling and loving emotional relationship with our fathers?

Why are we gay? Why do we like riding the hairy trumpet? Playing the Pink Oboe? Like playing Hide The Sausage?

And what about boys who didn't have a good relationship with their fathers and who were fiddled with by uncles and who turn out straight (poor bastards!)

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 12:50 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 2 · agntriplx

Where is the chapter where Uncle Pete goes to jail?

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 1:12 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 3 · KJ

What's that, Tall, you want factual information? Oy! Don't hold your breath.

Cohen has even alienated himself from other "ex-gay ministries." It is propoganda like this that keeps GLBT boys and girls in fundagelical settings closeted with the only antidote being the willingness of others to come out into the open. Been there; done that.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 1:19 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 4 · Dawster

that kind of pisses me off because i loved my father, thought the world of him, and (like tallskin) had a very loving relationship with him.

and uncle pete isn't gay, he's a pedophile… and i'm surprised (well, not really) the difference isn't presented. and your right Agntriplx… Uncle Pete should be headed off to jail… having him "cry" doesn't help the next kid he molests.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 1:26 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 5 · Woof

Uncle Pete is kinda hot.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 1:33 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 6 · hisurfer

That's the most damaged thing I've ever seen. Or at least, the most damaged thing I've seen this week (the weekend was a bit tragic). This will be a classic one day, up there with Reefer Madness and 1950's sex-ed films. The cartoons on Page 13 are my early favorite … "Mother's Love" and "Father's Love" are really illustrations from the Kama Sutra.

Richard Cohen is seriously troubled. This is like an intimate peek into a messed up mind. I'm a bad man for laughing at him.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 2:04 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 7 · WWH

My father was aloof (probably because he didn't want to hang around his queer-boy son) and I was "molested" (probably because the perpetrator could sense the vulnerability of a budding queer-boy). Trouble is, I knew I was gay way before either experience. My point is that the fundies may be on to something with regard to some of our life experiences. It's just that their cause and effect logic is all wrong. They use these experiences to prey (pray ?) upon we homos who may be a little more susceptible to their false sophistry.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 2:47 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 8 · cjc

My father was never distant; we were close and still are. My mother was never smothering. My uncle never raped me. So, why am I gay? Hmmmm… apparently this picture book can't just explain it away.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 3:42 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 9 · Rowen

Apparently this kid in the book wasn't really gay either. First of all, he's 12, and I know I wasn't really thinking about sex. . well, sorta. The other thing is that a bunch of jackasses at school call him faggot and that's why he thinks he's one? Very interesting.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 3:54 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 10 · Alexa

At first this made me angry, but it's actually very sad. This is probably Cohen's own life story, and he really, really needs counselling to deal with it. I don't know if he's gay or not, but, either way, he needs serious help - and he needs to stop projecting his own problems onto other people.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 4:00 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 11 · james_boston

What about me? I like both a little Trunnel, er, pee-pee and sometimes a little woo-woo (in keeping with children's terms.) What, does that mean both men and women molested me when I was little? (if only!) How about one of my close friends? His step-dad fiddled with him but he's still straight…this is what happens when drooling morons read a psych paper online and think they're experts.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 5:11 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 12 · yaksha2

Uncle Pete is obviously Conan O'Brien.

Posted: Aug 27, 2007 at 7:11 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 13 · jake

uncle pete touched me too!

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:30 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 14 · ICK

i wish i had an uncle pete to touch me….

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:31 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 15 · ill

uncle pete is my savior!

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:31 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 16 · kid

i wonder what uncle pete is doing nowadays…

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:35 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 17 · danny

he's probably getting fucked in the ass

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:35 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 18 · ake

God bless uncle pete.

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:36 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 19 · danny

I'D KILL MYSELF TO IF MY NAME WAS PETE!!!!

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:37 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 20 · scar

you can suck my dick, or cock

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:38 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 21 · mufasa

PISSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:39 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 22 · simba

HOLY SHIT!

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:41 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 23 · Uncle pete

Hows it goin, guys?

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:41 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 24 · danny

DON'T TALK SHIT ABOUT TOTAL!!!

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:41 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 25 · kid

uncle pete!! you came back

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:41 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 26 · Danny

ah bob saget

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:42 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 27 · foreign dude

sicks sicks sicks da number of da bist

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:44 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 28 · dog

om nom nom nom nom nom nom

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:47 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 29 · toad

Bump

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 30 · jill

garggglelgle Casey garlglgeleelgleleg

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:48 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 31 · Jay

I wish my "Uncle Pete" (whose name was G***** IRL) had taken more of a role in my life. He was my uncle's little brother, not a blood relation, even. He would show up in town from time to time, a weekend here, a week there. My aunt and uncle lived across the street. G***** was nicer to me than anyone I knew. I loved it when he came to town.

My parents (not very subtly) let it be known it probably wasn't a good idea to hang around with him when we were alone.

It would have been the most fun I'd ever had, to be alone with him, I bet. He was only eight years older than me…20 to my 12. I would've done him in a heartbeat, and loved every second. And he wouldn't have been the one doing the seducing. If only…

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:53 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 32 · Janitor

point to iraq

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:58 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 33 · Jd

*points

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:58 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 34 · Janitor

Thats china

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:58 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 35 · JD

You're china

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 5:58 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 36 · towlie

your a towel

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 6:03 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 37 · Girl

Your not a towl are you?

Posted: Nov 19, 2007 at 6:24 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
No. 38 · lulz

This is great. Moar of this, please pirate this via torrent/rapidshit because buying it would be wrong, but laughing at it is good.
Moar pages!

Posted: Dec 18, 2007 at 6:14 pm · @Reply · [Flag?]
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