Conversion therapies
California moves to regulate gay “conversion therapy”
by 2B site Webmaster on 26 April 2012
While State of Missouri deals with an anti-gay bill aiming to erase any mention of homosexuality in their school curriculum, a State Senator in California has proposed a bill targeting so-called “therapies” used by religious groups to “cure” homosexuals. The bill aims to regulate “sexual conversion therapy”, a therapy whose goal is to turn homosexuals into heterosexuals.
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Creating Change Conference gathers LGBT luminaries against hate
by Merike Andre-Barrett on 8 February 2012
Late last month, Baltimore hosted the Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s 24th National conference on LGBT equality, “Creating Change.”1 There, I had the opportunity to speak with John Becker, the Director of Communications and Development for Truth Wins Out (TWO)2, a nonprofit organization that seeks to document and fight against anti-LGBT extremism. Merike Andre-Barrett reports from Baltimore…
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The Curative Curse: Shining a Light on the “Ex-Gay” Movement
by Jordan Arseneault on 12 August 2011
In the wake of New York State’s long-awaited gay marriage victory and the reversal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) in the US, there is a troubling counter-theme that has emerged in literature and the mainstream media this year. As if showing the photo-negative of these homo triumphs, media attention has been intensely focused on “curative therapy”, otherwise known as “reparative therapy,” a discredited form of pseudo-psychology based on the notion of homosexuality is a curable disease.
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