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My point and I think a prominent point of the video is that one's identity as a person is not meant to be or determined by sexuality, whatever the spectrum of sexual continuum. The statistics from countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden where same-sex marriage has been the law of the land for years reveal that homosexual men remain three- to ten-times more likely to engage in suicidal self-harm. So it is the homosexual identity/lifestyle itself which is harming people, not only physically, but emotionally, psychologically, and I would say spiritually, also.Ever here the adage "A swallow does not a summer make"?
Thing is, there's quite a spectrum on the sexual orientation continuum. Between the extreme ends of absolutely heterosexual and absolutely homosexual a person may end up anywhere in between. So although the guy in the video may have at one time identified as homosexual it's very possible that he wasn't all that far from identifying as a heterosexual. Bisexuals often switch their identities between the two as time goes by. Same goes for your friend. It's extremely, EXTREMELY, doubtful he ever sat at the absolutely homosexual end of the continuum, and that he's perfectly comfortable with his switch. From what I've read, of people who have had to force themselves from one position to the other very, very few have adjusted to where they are comfortably happy with their new identity. In fact, I recall that the suicide rate among such people is considerable.
So I would be hesitant to hype such changes as brimming with welcome results. Some of them are far from it.
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Exploring a Dutch paradox: an ethnographic investigation of gay men's mental health. - PubMed - NCBI
Many who consider themselves former homosexuals have adjusted well because it is not a matter of trying to force oneself into another identity, but rather being set free from a destructive false identity and into the true identity God has intended for everyone in Christ.
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