"Question My problem is different from the one most people have. I am a boy, but I feel about boys the way I ought to feel about girls. I don't want my parents to know about me. Is there any place where I can go for help?
Answer Your problem is not at all an uncommon one. However, it does require careful attention.
The type of feeling you have toward boys is probably not an innate tendency, but something that has been culturally acquired. Your reasons for adopting this habit have been consciously suppressed
or unconsciously repressed. Therefore, it is necessary to deal with this problem by getting back to
some of the experiences and circumstances that led to the habit. In order to do this I would suggest that you see a good psychiatrist who can assist you in bringing to the forefront of conscience
all those experiences and circumstances that lead to the habit. You are already on the right road
toward a solution, since you honestly recognize the problem and have a desire to solve it."
-Martin Luther King Jr., "The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr. Volume IV:
Symbol of the Movement, January 1957-December 1958, Advice For Living"
[The quote featured on this site is not intended to promote psychiatry as a means to treat same-sex attractions, but to bring attention to the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. did not view homosexual behavior or same-sex attractions to be unchangeable, but that he believed that people were capable of deciding as to whether or not to allow a predisposition in their life to govern their behavior, and that predispositions, such as same-sex attractions could be overcome.]
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