Former 'Ex-Gay' Lears Denounce 'Conversn Therapy' In A New Documentary : NPR

Contents:

• FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY
• 'THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST' SHOWS THE DANGERS OF "GAY CONVERSN" CAMPS
• TERRIFYG PHOTOS RECREATE THE HORRORS OF GAY 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CENTERS
• GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO CONVERSN THERAPY ARE SHARG THEIR TRMATIC STORI, AND IT'S A REMR WHY IT NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED
• CONVERSN THERAPY ANIZATN FOUNR OUT AS GAY: 'PLEASE FIVE ME'
• ‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY
• GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS
• THEY/THEM REVIEW: A SLASHER GO TO GAY CONVERSN CAMP CLEVER HORROR MOVIE

FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY

Interview highlights clu extend web-only answers and have been eded for length and clary: Interview Highlights Thomas on how he joed the "ex-gay" movement and Exod Internatnal I was out of the closet the '80s. Stolakis on what the ex-gay and nversn therapy movement looks like today Conversn therapy and the ex-LGBTQ movement has always been practiced lolly.

'THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST' SHOWS THE DANGERS OF "GAY CONVERSN" CAMPS

It's bee very lennial-driven bee there are younger people who've grown up homophobic and transphobic environments who are ready and willg to take the place of people like Randy. ”The harms of nversn therapySan Francis State Universy found that “pared wh LGBTQ young people who were not rejected or were only a ltle rejected by their parents and regivers bee of their gay or transgenr inty, highly rejected LGBTQ young people were:. 57, 000 youth (ag 13-17) across all stat will receive nversn therapy om relig or spirual advisors before they reach the age of UCLA Williams InstuteStatements by Natnal AssociatnsAmerin Psychologil Associatn:Affirms that same-sex sexual and romantic attractns, feelgs, and behavrs are normal and posive variatns of human sexualy regardls of sexual orientatn inty; reaffirms s posn that homosexualy per se is not a mental disorr and oppos portrayals of sexual mory youths and adults as mentally ill due to their sexual orientatn nclus that there is sufficient evince to support the e of psychologil terventns to change sexual orientatn; enurag mental health profsnals to avoid misreprentg the efficy of sexual orientatn change efforts by promotg or promisg change sexual orientatn when providg assistance to dividuals distrsed by their own or others’ sexual orientatn…Amerin Psychiatric Associatn:… In 1997 APA produced a fact sheet on homosexual and bisexual issu, which stat that “there is no published scientific evince supportg the efficy of “reparative therapy” as a treatment to change one’s sexual orientatn.

”The potential risks of “reparative therapy” are great and clu prsn, anxiety, and self-stctive behavr, sce therapist alignment wh societal prejudic agast homosexualy may rerce self-hatred already experienced by the patient. Many patients who have unrgone “reparative therapy” relate that they were accurately told that homosexuals are lonely, unhappy dividuals who never achieve acceptance or satisfactn. The possibily that the person might achieve happs and satisfyg terpersonal relatnships as a gay man or lbian are not prented, nor are alternative approach to alg wh the effects of societal stigmatizatn discsed…Therefore, APA oppos any psychiatric treatment, such as “reparative” or “nversn” therapy, that is based on the assumptn that homosexualy per se is a mental disorr or is based on the a prri assumptn that the patient should change his or her homosexual of US anizatns that have nounced nversn therapy:.

But provirs, ually unlicensed, n often disguise the terms they e to avoid beg terms clu:Sexual attractn fluidy exploratn therapy (SAFE-T)Elimatg, rcg, or creasg equency or tensy of unwanted same-sex attractn (SSA)Reparative therapySexual reorientatn effortsEx-gay mistryPromotg healthy sexualyAddrsg sexual addictns and disorrsSexualy unselgEnuragg relatnal and sexual wholensHealg sexual brokennsConversn therapy techniqu n lead to feelg “ls than” or “damaged, ” impactg self-teem. A number of medil and mental health anizatns have issued public statements rejectg the e of nversn therapy bee of many provirs who claim to be qualified to provi nversn therapy are often not licensed mental health practners or medil study found that LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng) people who are rejected or discrimated agast are:8 tim more likely to report havg attempted suiciAlmost 6 tim more likely to report high levels of prsnMore than 3 tim as likely to e illegal dgs3 tim more likely to be at high risk of HIV and other STDsAcrdg to rearch, nearly 700, 000 LGBTQ adults the U. They do, they jt might be harr to the film, Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) is forced to go to God's Promise, a Christian mp that tri to "turn" gay teens straight.

TERRIFYG PHOTOS RECREATE THE HORRORS OF GAY 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CENTERS

In the trailer, Cameron is told, "The first step is for you to stop thkg of yourself as a homosexual, " to which she repli, "But I don't thk of myself as a homosexual. Stark was a teen boy who gaed attentn 2005 after he posted about his fay planng to send him to "a fundamentalist Christian program for gays" on "gay nversn" — be through a mp or otherwise — still exists today. A new llectn of photos is providg a strikg ― and horrifyg ― visual recreatn of the barbaric practice of gay “nversn therapy” and the impact has on s victims.

After pletg a project lled “Unveiled” that documented her own g out procs ― cludg filmg herself wh three meras as she me out to her parents ― Pares cid the foc of her next work would be on the gay “nversn therapy” clics. ”Check out more imag om “Until You Change” throughout this article and learn more about the photographer’s relatnship wh the victims of the gay “nversn therapy” clics and what she hop the impact of this project will be by readg our terview wh Pares Pares PhotographyHuffPost: What spired the project?

I was motivated by Bible College teachgs whose founr was secretly groomg and sexually harassg his younger youth mister and employee to a homosexual relatnship while teachg and preachg the 'Sun' of homosexualy. I went to a seri of speech geared toward the youth of the church where one speaker talked about how watchg porn would lead you down an evable path that ends by you beg a homosexual and then a child molter (which obvly isn't te).

GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO CONVERSN THERAPY ARE SHARG THEIR TRMATIC STORI, AND IT'S A REMR WHY IT NEEDS TO BE ABOLISHED

I was told that sexualy was a s, specifilly, homosexualy was a s the same tegory as murr bee perverted the tools for the creatn and stctn of life. They believed and tght that homosexuals were scum for beg so selfish and so nceed to thk they had the right to steal the nocence of someone else by makg them go to hell.

I was mostly dog this to appease my parents, as they were unr the imprsn beg gay (well, bisexual my se) was a choice, and that I uld change if I wanted to. Wh a week, he had found one who sisted there was no such thg as homosexualy, that everyone is born heterosexual and “same-sex attractn” is the rult of childhood trma or dysfunctnal faial relatnships.

CONVERSN THERAPY ANIZATN FOUNR OUT AS GAY: 'PLEASE FIVE ME'

”Two films about nversn therapy will be released the US this year, which is remarkable, nsirg most people probably thk of as a historil horror, om a time when homosexualy was crimalised and electric shock treatment was routely offered as a cure. Conversn therapy – sometim referred to as “cure” therapy, reparative therapy, ex-gay therapy or sexual-orientatn change efforts – refers to any treatment aimg to change a person’s sexual orientatn or supprs their genr inty.

It is a nebulo term, enpassg what n be a range of highly damagg practic om an app offerg a 60-day “gay cure”, available on iTun and Google Play as recently as 2013, to spirual terventns, talkg therapi, dgs and, more rarely, extreme physil measur such as electric shock treatment, aversn techniqu and “rrective rape”. “That we’re still havg this battle 45 years after the APA [Amerin Psychiatric Associatn] removed homosexualy om the diagnostic manual is credibly disturbg, ” says Carolyn Rey, ordator of the #BornPerfect mpaign to end nversn therapy, which was lnched the US 2014 by the Natnal Center for Lbian Rights.

As she says, homosexualy was removed om the APA’s list of diagnos 1973 (although not pletely excised om s Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs until 1987), yet nversn therapy ntu to be practised all over the world.

‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY

Photograph: Sam AtksNow a gay rights activist and UK cizen, Alimi says nversn therapy is “an epimic” some black, Asian and mory ethnic (BAME) muni.

”For Jayne Ozanne, a leadg gay activist the Church of England – and the person who proposed the motn that nmned nversn therapy to the General Synod – a regnn that is now almost exclively rried out by fah groups is sential.

For timat of the proportn of youth who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual see Lra Kann et al., Sexual Inty, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behavrs among Stunts Gras 9-12 – Uned Stat and Selected S, 2015 (2016). On Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Issu, Posn Statement: Sexual Orientatn Change Efforts (SOCE) and Conversn Therapy wh Lbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgenr Persons (2015), Release, Am. 6, 2018), Marketg, Virgia Electn Poll (May 26, 2017), poll052016/ Moore, Only 8% of Amerins Thk Gay Conversn Therapy Works,, June 12, 2014, news/2014/06/12/gay-nversn-therapy/ B.

GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS

Right-wg cultural cric Milo Yiannopoulos me out last week as “ex-gay” — and is now preparg to open a ntroversial nversn therapy facily Florida, The Post has learned.

Asked what sense he is “ex-gay, ” Yiannopoulos told The Post that he is an ongog procs of tryg to reorient his homosexualy, but for now is a stage of abstence and enjoys g the term to troll his crics. There is an enormo mand for this among people who believe they’ve been led astray by — sounds silly to ll this — but you know, the gay tablishment, ” Yiannopoulos said.

THEY/THEM REVIEW: A SLASHER GO TO GAY CONVERSN CAMP CLEVER HORROR MOVIE

Argug that “the gay lobby” was “so poisono and wicked and evil, ” Yiannopoulos said that he is not nvced by data touted by the tert group or s alli, which unrm nversn therapy. “We don’t know very much for sure, we have a relatively clear ia about a lot of , but here’s the thg: sce the eighti and neti, we haven’t really been able to do any rearch that don’t nform to the propaganda bee you nnot get fundg for anythg other than fdg the gay gene, ” he said. “The current nsens, scientific and everythg else, seems to be that there are people who are born wh a greater or lser predisposn toward homosexualy.

Yiannopoulos ultimately believ the center will help “the first generatn” of gay lennials “whose sexualy is extribly lked and wrapped up wh their polil posns, ” valu, behavr and personal inty. “I happen to thk that tryg to unravel that, unwd and rcue people om is a noble e, ” he explaed, “And I also thk that you set agast the extraordary evil of the gay lobby that enurag this, you know, monolhic, ludicro form of behavr that says to people that ‘if you want to fd love, you have to behave'” a way that rc dividuals to stereotyp. Tmp’s nng mate July, he has faced plats om groups cril of his rerd on gay and transgenr rights, who said he has long been an opponent of the gas ma by the L.

It has been discreded by the medil tablishment and nounced by gay and transgenr Pence’s spokman, Marc Lotter, nied to The Tim over the weekend that the vice print-elect supports the practice, sayg a past mpaign statement had been misterpreted. Groups rema skeptil, potg to his rerd of opposn to gay rights as a member of Congrs and as ernor of Indiana and an approvg reference to nversn therapy the 2016 Republin Party, what is nversn therapy, and why is Mr. ”Conversn therapy has been nmned by a range of groups, cludg the Amerin Medil Associatn and the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, which said was based on the view that homosexualy is a disorr, an ia “that has been rejected by all the major mental health profsns.