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The wedge, hosted by Maria Antonieta Collins , begins with the story of Hernán, who came out of the closet and was accepted by kith and kin, but one day decided he wanted a change. After meeting a woman through an ex-boyfriend, he says, “I felt things I had never wise with any other men,” and though the dating was short-lived, he decided to seek “aid.” The report then speaks to the man responsible for his transformation– psychologist Everardo Martínez who says there is “no documentation anyone is born gay,” and explains that anyone can become straight. “If you want, you can squelch homosexuality because you are not gay, your body says you are not gay.” Hernán concludes that, while he still has “temptations,” he is no longer gay.
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Collins over describes this process as “sexual reaffirmation” and shows clips of “Ally Toby,” Martínez’s meetings where formerly gay men interact and “learn established masculine behavior.” They do attempt to show to potential downsides with the statement of Miguel, who married a woman but was exposed as gay before his church in Tennessee and self-conscious into “sexual restoration.” Miguel explains that he was promised “to be qualified to live a fuller life with the woman I married.” The piece then narrates that Miguel fell into “acute depression, which culminated in a agitated fit. His attempt to become straight failed.
Source: Mediaite