Month: June 2010

Preliminary report of the Task Force on Sexual Preference to the Oregon State Legislature / State of Oregon Department of Human Resources, 1977.

Nineteen-freaking-seventy-seven, people. Thirty-three years have passed, and what do we have to show for it? Why have things regressed since then, instead of progressing? What the heck is wrong with us?

Some choice quotes from the report:

“The prediction that there will be negative consequences if homosexual people are permitted in certain occupations ignores the fact that homosexual women and men are already working in every area and the negative consequences have not occurred.”

“People who are homosexual are not the only ones who suffer because of the traditional prejudices and discrimination against homosexuals — all of us do.”

“…homosexual men and women are not any more obsessed or preoccupied with their sexuality than heterosexual men and women. However, heterosexuals, for various reasons, may be preoccupied about the sexuality of homosexuals.”

“The fear that homosexual men and women will try to ‘recruit’ heterosexual men and women is sometimes a projection by persons who are quite anxious about their own homosexual feelings, their waning sexual functioning, or their lack of confidence in their masculinity or femininity.”

“…since sexual orientation is not obvious, heterosexuals who speak up for civil rights protection for homosexuals are often suspected of being homosexuals themselves.”