Would Brother Boy Really Be in an Asylum?
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bing-57 — 17 years ago(September 08, 2008 10:26 AM)
In some parts of America, people were still being institutionalized up until the early 80s for being gay, so yeah it is possible.
But that doesn't explain how he was still there in 2000.
And who was paying for all of this? Peggy and her family didn't seem to be very wealthy.
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bing-57 — 15 years ago(August 24, 2010 12:27 AM)
If you and I paraded around everyday thinking we were a country music legend, we would all be committed to Bellevue.
Have you looked into the system lately? The state doesn't just take in non-violent crazy people anymore. Someone has to pay for the patient's care. If the family can't afford it or won't pay, the patient is sent home or dumped on the street.
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Tenarife60 — 9 months ago(June 29, 2025 06:57 PM)
It's probably Medicaid that pays for it if they have no money. That often happens with elderly people in a nursing home as well. My aunt was going to go into a nursing home and her Medicaid and Medicare would've paid for it.
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winterview — 14 years ago(September 21, 2011 10:28 PM)
Concentration camps for gays were being discussed openly in the late 70s. 'Kill a Queer for Christ' t-shirts were visible in public and college campuses.
Seems mighty generous for the time that Texas was only committing them to asylums and not taking them out back and shooting them. -