Alexandria - A group that advocates for the rights of people who have given up homosexual behavior wants information about “ex-gays” included in Alexandria’s sex education curriculum.
The Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays, a Virginia-based nonprofit, said in a letter to the Alexandria school board that information about formerly homosexual people should be included because definitions for homosexuals, bisexuals, transgenders and transvestites are in lesson plans. The curriculum has raised questions for its inclusion of these definitions.
“Why is there no mention of the ex-gay community in the lesson plan when every other sexual orientation is discussed and supported? Many ex-gays and their families are fine people,” Regina Griggs, executive director of the group, wrote in a Jan. 22 letter. “They do not think something is wrong with them because they decided to fulfill their heterosexual potential.”
In a subsequent interview, Griggs said she does not believe there is any scientific evidence showing homosexuality is natural, and that people attracted to the same sex can control the attraction.
The group said it provides both religious and secular information about its cause.
“As you begin to dig into the schools and find out what they’re teaching, it’s kind of scary,” she said. “We just can’t allow this to go on in our schools.”
Alexandria schools spokeswoman Amy Carlini said discussion about including the material will take place between school staff and an advisory panel charged with reviewing the curriculum.
» Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays has been involved in the Montgomery County Schools sex education debate, sitting on the committee that reviewed the new curriculum. They advocated unsuccessfully for information about ex-gays in the curriculum.
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