Cure Your Gays - epigenetic therapy comment

On the Cure Your Gays page, it now says that there is potential for changing sexual orientation in epigenetic therapy. Here it is, in full:

However, the most recent research on homosexuality suggests that it might have epigenetic origin. If confirmed by further studies, it can make sexual orientation (at least theoretically) changeable via epigenetic therapy.

And here's the original version, which I deleted:

However, the trope may soon be reborn due to the recent research on the epigenetic origin of homosexuality, which (at least in theory) means it can be possible to change sexual orientation via epigenetic therapy or other similar means.

I'll admit, I honestly have a problem with even the current version. For one thing, the epigenetic theory of homosexuality is still unproven, and epigenetic therapy itself is still not developed, and those were the reasons I gave for removing the first version of this comment. I don't think this kind of speculation is warranted for this article, given how sensitive it is.

What do you think?

I'd be wary of non-proven ideas of how it could be and could be changed.

Well the fact that people are trying is part of the trope. Its not really needed in the description though.

While epignetic therapy is a thing ... in cancer medicine, I would not prognosticate about it being used as a cure for homosexuality in fiction. Now if stories start using it as a plot device, I can see it being added.

edited 1st Nov '14 3:48:27 PM by SeptimusHeap

I think it's basically a Real Life example masquerading as a descriptive sentence. And this is a noreallife page.

IMO, remove it. I have nothing against the model or the scientific team that suggested it, but it is, as a member of the team admitted, not currently supported by any actual data. And the two other sources are links to Wikipedia, which, while a useful resource for looking things up, is not a valid source. The one on epigenetic therapy does not even contain one word about homosexuality (I Cntrl+F'd.) It's just a generic article on epigenetic therapy.

Right. It seems that anyone who cares wants that comment gone. So, I'm getting rid of it again.

Thanks for the advice, everyone.

So as long as the issue is resolved, I am locking this thread.