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Professor Calls for “Cure” for Homosexuality to Prevent Disease
at the University of Texas at Dallas are asking for a professor to be held accountable after he called for a “cure for homosexuality.”Timothy Farage, 71, a computer science professor at the university, came under a barrage of criticism for a tweet that many LGBTQ people have blasted as “homophobic.”The tweet, posted last week, linked to a Daily Mail tabloid article highlighting the fact that the overwhelming majority of monkeypox infections have occurred in gay men.“Can we at least try to find a cure for homosexuality, especially among men?” Farage tweeted. “Homosexual men have anal sex, which can lead to a variety of diseases.”Almost immediately after the tweet was posted, LGBTQ student organizations at UT-Dallas called out Farage for being homophobic and accused him of posing a danger to the LGBTQ campus community.“Being LGBTQ+ is not a ‘medical disorder,’ and LGBTQ+ students do not need to be ‘cured,” read a statement from UT-Dallas’ Rainbow Coalition, which is composed of six campus organizations.