ex-gay reeducation camp for teens? For the love!

[mattblakk]

http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2005/06/16/1

This is the blog:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=7428306&blogID=29364299&Mytoken=564e01d3-0247-4f86-add5-ef939dc16a8f

Comments

[kneidlach.livejournal.com]

I have friends who have been sent to these camps, including someone who grew up in the Bay Area :(

[mattblakk.livejournal.com]

Apparently there is one 10 miles from SF!

People seriously need some effing cult awareness education.

[kneidlach.livejournal.com]

No kidding. It's pretty scary.

[fagtastic.livejournal.com]

my stomach is in knots.

[moonlitglow.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

[asphaltwanderer.livejournal.com]

I want to go and rescue him, he can share my parents.

[humming-along.livejournal.com]

I'll adopt him. Poor kid :-(

[androgy8.livejournal.com]

Wow. I went to the kid's blog and backtracked in it for the full list of rules. They are !absurd!.

Here are a few samples:

Under Hygiene:
1. All clients must maintain appropriate hygiene, including daily showering, use of deodorant, and brushing teeth twice daily.
Men: Men must remove all facial hair seven days weekly, and sideburns must not fall below the top of the ear (the top of the ear is defined as where the ear meets the face below the temple). Clean business-like haircuts must be worn at all times. Hair must be long enough to be pinched between two fingers.
Women: Women must shave legs and underarms at least twice weekly.
All: Only natural hair color is allowed. Hair that is colored, highlighted or streaked, mut be dyed back to its original color, or the color must be cut out before entrance into the Refuge program.

Under "False Image":
1. LIA wants to encourage each client, male and female, by affirming his/her gender identity. LIA also wants each client to pursue integrity in all of his/her actions and appearances. Therefore, any belongings, appearances, clothing, actions, or humor that might connect a client to an inappropriate past are excluded from the program. These hindrances are called False Images (FI¹s). FI behavior may include hyper-masculinity, seductive clothing, mannish/boyish attire (on women), excessive jewelry (on men), mascoting, and "campy" or gay/lesbian behavior and talk.

Under House Rules:
11. Refuge clients may not enter any restuarants with bars, even when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
12. Refuge clients must be accompanied by a parent during any trip to a public restroom.
13. No access to malls of any kind.
14. Clients are not allowed to visit any video, music or media stores that are not expressly Christian, even if accompanied by a parent or guardian. Clients may visit LifeWay Christian stores with a parent or guardian.
20. Proper bedclothes must be worn during nighttime sleeping hours. Appropriate bedclothes include full pajamas (tops and bottoms) or a pair of non-underwear-type shorts and a T-shirt. Nightgowns are not allowed.

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These rules make 1984 look tame.

[sftekbear.livejournal.com]

That camp is great! I had some of the best sex I ever had with my bunkmates and counselors. ;)

[doublestuff32.livejournal.com]

maybe he will get himself kicked out, breaking the physical violence rule...even jail would be better than that place.

we've just finished reading the (fictitious) "Holes" about children sentenced to a work camp for breaking the law. not much different than these straight camps. sad. and disgusting.

Happy Father's Day!

[suewan.livejournal.com]

Hey, Matt. I don't know where else to post this but Happy Father's Day!