Contents:
- GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS
- THE 1970S “GAY-CURE” EXPERIMENTS WRTEN OUT OF SCIENTIFIC HISTORY
- THE MAN WHO IED GAY PEOPLE’S BRAS
- THE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO USE PLEASURE CONDNG TO TURN A GAY MAN STRAIGHT
GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS
Rowlg has nied that her psdonym Robert Galbrah is lked to the anti-LGBTQ+ gay nversn therapist named Robert Galbrah "Harry Potter" thor jt released another book her Cormoran Strike tective novel seri tled "Troubled Blood, " where a plotle volvg a male serial killer who disguis himself women's clothg beg ced as transphobic some quarters. Galbrah Heath was a mid-20th century psychiatrist who pneered a range of uhil practic that would later bee known as nversn experimented wh a variety of methods to "cure" gay men, g electroshock treatments an attempt to change a person's sexual orientatn—such procr are now nmned by the medil muny. A number of people have poted out on social media the likens between Rowlg's pen name and that of the homophobic scientist but reprentativ for the thor sist is merely a cince.
THE 1970S “GAY-CURE” EXPERIMENTS WRTEN OUT OF SCIENTIFIC HISTORY
In 1899, a German psychiatrist electrified the dience at a nference on hypnosis wh a bold claim: He had turned a gay man straight.
THE MAN WHO IED GAY PEOPLE’S BRAS
Homosexualy, pecially same-sex relatnships between men, was nsired viant, sful and even crimal for centuri.
In the late 19th century, psychiatrists and doctors began to addrs homosexualy, too.
THE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO USE PLEASURE CONDNG TO TURN A GAY MAN STRAIGHT
(Cred: Imagno/Getty Imag)There were plenty of theori as to why people were homosexual.