Author Reece Manley Reviews Connection Between Incest and Sexual Orientation in Interview

Apr 12, 2010 12:46 CEST

Recently, Dr. Reece Manley, DD, M.Ed., MPM,  sat down with Rick Setter of Advocate USA Publishing to talk about his departure from sanitized versions of his memoir to talk about the new book Overcome! During the interview, Dr. Manley was asked about the connection between the incest he faced and the connection that had to his sexual orientation.

“I’m not gay because my Uncle Tom raped me,” said Reece Manley, “but I’m sure it had influences.  I believe our sexual or affectional orientations are caused by a nature-nurture connection.  We are born GLBT, yes.  They are going to find the gene soon.  However, that isn’t the end of the story.”

Dr. Manley continued, “That gene, that flipped switch, lays down the orientation.  However, it becomes very complicated when same-sex incest is added to the mix.  I learned things in a horrible, terrifying fashion that would later be used to express intimacy and love.  This made it very difficult for me to experience intimate relationships of any kind.  Much less trying to meaningfully date.”

The themes run through Reece’s new work, Overcome!, which is being released this year.  “InOvercome!, I gave myself the freedom to explore without constraint.  There was no reason to ‘play it safe’ because I know I’m reaching a reader base who has faced these issues themselves.  I don’t know of many gay and lesbian people who have fully ‘normal’ childhoods,” adds Reece.

Overcome!, the latest work by the progressive Christian writer and spirituality expert Reece Manley is scheduled for final edit this month and the manuscript will be ready for immediate release.  Dr. Manley has chosen not to use Advocate USA Publishing for the work instead offering Advocate USA Publishing his next spirituality work, Needles and Haystacks: The Gift of Discernment.

Dr. Manley can be reached at reece@manley.net and more information on the new work Overcome! can be found at http://manley.weebly.com/overcome.html.  The author’s main site iswww.reecemanley.info .  The author can be reached by phone at 214-206-1607