拗直你 str8en u out

早幾天說狄娜，大家知否她有一個已變性(女變男)的兒子？無聊的我搜索一下後，驚訝地發現香港竟有一個由“前同性戀” 輔導員提供給專業輔導人員的講座。在一些國家已認同同性婚姻和社會運動對跨性別/變性者更關注的時候，香港竟來過大倒退。負責這講座的亞洲專業輔導協會和背後的香港樹仁大學真令我失望。更可笑的亞洲專業輔導協會的網站標明其使命是：

帶領輔導專業發展，成為一個在香港以至亞太地區輔導專業的領導團體，被社會人士、各地政府都確認為執業輔導員的具權威性協會。

若果他們不毒害新一代的輔導員和同志便以德高無量了。
這不禁令我想起二十世紀初美國冷泉港實驗室(Cold Sping Harbor Laboratory)曾經是優生學(Eugenics)的重鎮。優生學是甚麼，想想第二次世界大戰的希特勒和猶太人吧。從優生學到國際一流的生物、醫學實驗室是180度的大轉變。終有一天這些無聊的治療會被廢止，但先必在別的“前衛”社會面前貽笑大方而後榮。唉，這些搞治療的“專家”真羞家！也許這些專家們應先向香港小童群益會取經。

If you need another reason why Hong Kong is not quite an international city, all it takes is a workshop by a counselor with "ex-gay" connection with Exodus International delivering training to in-service and future counselors on the "crisis" of being gay. The sponsor of this workshop, Asian Professional Counselling Association (APCA), has a mission:

to be the leading professional body for counselling in Hong Kong and to be recognized by the public and the government as the definitive association for counsellors practicing in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region.

When country after country are legalising same-sex marriage, and, the social justice movement of LGBT people has been returning the spotlight to the INjustice still plaguing transgender, transvestites, gender non-conforming or the pansexual members of the community, APCA is on the path to raise Hong Kong's status as a laughing-stock for other progressive societies.

Given enough time, these kind of radiculous therapies will be obsolete. My worry is that they will be around to "harm" another generation of LGBTs and counselors as well before subsiding. My 2 cents to the "professionals" - read up on Michel Foucault's Histoire de la sexualité or the cultural construct nature of gender before dispensing nocive advices please! Perhaps it's the APCA and company whom need to be str8en out.