B. To combat this situation by the Palliative Method the homosexual should:
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Remain a law-abiding, responsible citizen.
Abhor all feelings and actions showing superiority. Refrain from flaunting their sex preference in public. Avoid over-clannishness and mingle with heterosexuals in as honest and above-board manner as possible. Resist in-group favoritism and avoid sticking up for people merely because they are homosexual,
6. Accept the realities of life and avoid self-pity. Help police his own group.
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Try, in a dignified way, to effect changes in the laws. Try to express protests to the public on discrimination against the homosexual and to correct misinformation in the public's mind.
10. Try to remain undogmatic about homosexuality.
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an open mind and keep up with recent findings in the field. Be able to accept facts which may be contrary to his own beliefs or pro-homosexual bias.
Dr, Ellis feels that the best this method could hope to accomplish would be a lessening of antagonism. It would not bring about maximum results. This next method, he believes, would bring about maximum results but in order to do this would entail a complete rovision of the sexual thoughts of all Americans. He calls it a futuristic and utopian method. However, he states his belief that the day will come in several centuries perhaps when people will not scorn, persecute or Jail the homosexual. The Curative Method looks to that day.
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A. The Curative Method and what can be done about it now Combat puritanism and anti-sexual attitudes of all. Promulgate scientific facts.
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Sponsor scientific research.
The homosexual can combat unfair sanctions by attacking their own exclusive sanctions toward the heterosexual; by ruthlessly attacking unscientific attitudes and admitting that they are not born homosexual but are in some way emotionally disturbed and could be oured to some degree.
5. Stop being pro-homosexual and just be pro-sexual.
ANTHROPOLOGY LOOKS AT THE HOMOPHILE
In an extremely well-written, scholarly paper, Henry Hay, Los Angeles folklore specialist, sketched the history of homophile life from the dawn of history to the present time.