Gay Conversn Therapy's Disturbg 19th-Century Origs | HISTORY

Contents:

• EXCLUSIVE: HOE REPUBLINS ARE PRSURG AMAZON TO SELL BOOKS ON GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
• GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS
• HOW CHRISTIANS TURNED AGAST GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
• 'OUTRIGHT ABE OF CHILDREN': DOCTOR WARNS AMAZON NOT TO SELL 'EXTREMELY DANGERO' BOOKS ON GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
• GAY CONVERSN THERAPY NOVEL EXPLOR CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE
• SAVG ALEX: WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN I TOLD MY MORMON PARENTS I WAS GAY, AND THAT'S WHEN MY NIGHTMARE BEGAN HARDVER – MARCH 1, 2016

EXCLUSIVE: HOE REPUBLINS ARE PRSURG AMAZON TO SELL BOOKS ON GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

Although SOCE have been wily discreded, they rema legal most stat and ntue to be practiced wh lbian, gay, and bisexual children and adolcents. Amazon has removed English-language books by a man largely nsired “the father of nversn therapy” om s se followg mountg prsure om LGBTQ Joseph Nilosi, founr of the now-shuttered Thomas Aquas Psychologil Clic, as well as the Natnal Associatn for Rearch and Therapy of Homosexualy (NARTH), thored several how-to guis directed to parents of LGBTQ youth, cludg “A Parent’s Gui to Preventg Homosexualy. The BPS lls nversn therapy “uhil” and the APA says has "ser potential to harm young people bee they prent the view that the sexual orientatn of lbian, gay and bisexual youth is a mental illns or disorr, and they often ame the abily to change one's sexual orientatn as a personal and moral failure.

Last December, Amazon removed a gay nversn therapy app om a relig group lled Livg Hope Mistri, which clud anti-gay podsts, articl and votnals.

GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS

“The books were outrightly lyg to parents on how they uld cure their children om beg gay or trans and sentially teach ways you n mentally and physilly abe your child. Beyond studi foced solely on reparative therapy, broar rearch clearly monstrat the signifint harm that societal prejudice and fay rejectn has on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) people, particularly youth. For example, rearch on the issue of fay acceptance of LGBTQ youth nducted at San 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:.

This rolutn specifilly not that ACA oppos portrayals of lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals as mentally ill due to their sexual orientatn.... "Our AMA… oppos, the e of 'reparative' or 'nversn' therapy that is based upon the assumptn that homosexualy per se is a mental disorr or based upon the a prri assumptn that the patient should change his/her homosexual orientatn.

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.

HOW CHRISTIANS TURNED AGAST GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

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 orientatn. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Amerin Psychologil Associatn 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;.

"Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenred and qutng (LGBTQ) youth often beg to experience self-intifitn durg their pre-adolcent or adolcent years, as do heterosexual youth.

'OUTRIGHT ABE OF CHILDREN': DOCTOR WARNS AMAZON NOT TO SELL 'EXTREMELY DANGERO' BOOKS ON GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

However, the crease media mpaigns, often upled wh ercive msag om fay and muny members, has created an environment which lbians and gay men often are prsured to seek reparative or nversn therapi, which nnot and will not change sexual orientatn.

Aligned wh the Amerin Psychologil Associatn's (1997) posn, NCLGB [NASW's Natnal Commtee on Lbian and Gay Issu] believ that such treatment potentially n lead to severe emotnal damage.

Specifilly, transformatnal mistri are fueled by stigmatizatn of lbians and gay men, which turn produc the social climate that prsur some people to seek change sexual orientatn. Servic that purport to "cure" people wh non-heterosexual sexual orientatn lack medil jtifitn and reprent a ser threat to the health and well-beg of affected people, the Pan Amerin Health Organizatn (PAHO) said a posn statement lnched on 17 May, 2012, the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia.

GAY CONVERSN THERAPY NOVEL EXPLOR CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE

“The most important fact about 'reparative therapy, ' also sometim known as 'nversn' therapy, is that is based on an unrstandg of homosexualy that has been rejected by all the major health and mental health profsns. The Amerin Amy of Pediatrics, the Amerin Counselg Associatn, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, the Natnal Associatn of School Psychologists, and the Natnal Associatn of Social Workers, together reprentg more than 477, 000 health and mental health profsnals, have all taken the posn that homosexualy is not a mental disorr and th there is no need for a 'cure. Furthermore, so-lled treatments of homosexualy n create a settg which prejudice and discrimatn flourish, and they n be potentially harmful (Rao and Jab 2012).

SAVG ALEX: WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN I TOLD MY MORMON PARENTS I WAS GAY, AND THAT'S WHEN MY NIGHTMARE BEGAN HARDVER – MARCH 1, 2016

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. Robert Galbrah Heath, a psychiatrist New Orleans who pneered the technique, ed this form of bra stimulatn, along wh hired prostut and heterosexual pornography, to “change” the sexual orientatn of gay men.