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Bear, did you read the letter that this Ger wrote in response to your accusations?
He says that he knew being gay was wrong. He suppressed the desire as much as he was able. Did he slip sometimes? Yes, and he writes how he was wracked with guilt and cried about it after.
He converted because he was told when you convert, you become a new person and your old self is gone. He hoped it would rid him of these desires he had. It didn’t.
He married a woman, and went to therapy for years. Nothing helped, and he resented his wife. He says he is now OTD because of the issues he has with the chareidi world and how they handled (or didn’t handle) his situation.
He recognizes that acting on his desires is wrong, and tries to avoid it as much as he can. Being gay and frum is a terrible situation to be in, and I have a lot of pity for people in that situation. Imagine knowing that you have to go through life alone, unable to act on your desires – it’s a tremendous burden!
Don’t insult somebody you know nothing about. Be dan l’kaf zchus.