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Title: What Are Little Boys Made Of? An original BTB Investigation.
Post by: Shana A on June 07, 2011, 08:05:45 AM
What Are Little Boys Made Of?
An original BTB Investigation.
Jim Burroway
June 7th, 2011

http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/what-are-little-boys-made-of-main (http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/what-are-little-boys-made-of-main)

In 1970, a well-known expert on homosexuality and transgender issues appeared on a local television talk show in Los Angeles to talk about feminine boys. He described how very young boys who behaved in a feminine manner would almost invariably grow up to become a homosexual. Alongside that expert was a gay man who described his own childhood and confirmed what the expert said. But there was hope, the expert announced. A new program at the University of California at Los Angeles would ensure these young boys grew up to become masculine, normal men. The expert gave a list of symptoms to watch out for, and urged his viewers to call him if their children exhibited the problems he described.

The mother of a four year, eleven month old boy saw that program that afternoon. She noted the list of symptoms that the expert gave and concluded that there was something seriously wrong with her son. She and her husband decided to take their young boy to UCLA for treatment to prevent him from growing up to be gay.