thread 1/5: thso - the new zealand herald chooses to publish a column from an “academic” that rallies behind gay conversion therapy, treating it as a whimsical choice

thread 2/5: just briefly - fuck him. try being a kid coming to terms with your sexuality and having the weight of your religion and everyone you know in your life actively telling you you’re a piece of shit.

kids commit suicide over this

thread 3/5: he also implies sexuality is a choice. this is so stupid it might just be his bad writing. but he’s a dumb fuck so who knows.

thread 4/5: he also talks down his nose at the youth MP who was bold enough to raise this issue on tv.

imagine being an adult, employed by a university, and this is how you think about young people

thread 5/5: finally the piece includes a disclaimer from his “unnamed” employer distancing themselves from his views.

cowards, @MasseyUni

and idiocy for the herald and its army of newspapers printing it

vote @NZGreens on this issue.

gay conversation therapy is fucked.

PS: i've expanded on yesterday's twitter rant. this piece is the culmination of a few months talking to massey students and staff, in regards to elers & massey's underwhelming response: https://webworm.substack.com/p/homophobia-transphobia-and-massey