Did Mike Pence Support 'Gay Conversn' Therapy? |

Contents:

• DID MIKE PENCE SUPPORT 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY?
• MIKE PENCE: GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SAVED MY MARRIAGE
• AFTER RIPPON: SEARCHG FOR CLARY ON MIKE PENCE'S STANCE ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY
• A SURVIVOR OF GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SHAR HIS CHILLG STORY
• GAY 'NVERSN THERAPY' ADVOT HEARTENED BY REPUBLIN ELECTORAL VICTORI

DID MIKE PENCE SUPPORT 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY?

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MIKE PENCE: GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SAVED MY MARRIAGE

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.

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“That is very specific language — some might ll a dog whistle — that has been ed for s to very thly cloak eply homophobic beliefs, ” Ms.

AFTER RIPPON: SEARCHG FOR CLARY ON MIKE PENCE'S STANCE ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY

”Rece Prieb, the chairman of the Republin Party and the g Whe Hoe chief of staff, told reporters that the language did not refer to nversn therapy, but gay and transgenr groups did not believe him.

“One is ex-gay nversn therapy and the other is transgenr hormone therapy, and I hardly believe that Tony Perks was puttg a plank the Republin Party platform endorsg the rights of parents to provi their children wh transgenr hormone therapy. )A aln of former lears of the ex-gay movement wrote an open letter July nouncg the platform as “sentially affirmg” nversn therapy. In October 2016, an image appeared on social media accg Indiana's ernor (and Republin printial nomee Donald Tmp's nng mate) Mike Pence of supportg "gay nversn" therapy, particularly the e of electric shocks as part of the practice:.

A SURVIVOR OF GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SHAR HIS CHILLG STORY

Although he didn't say so outright, the posn has been wily terpreted as signalg Pence's support for "gay nversn" therapy, which seeks to "cure" patients of beg attracted to members of the same sex.

GAY 'NVERSN THERAPY' ADVOT HEARTENED BY REPUBLIN ELECTORAL VICTORI

Acrdg to the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, electric shocks were one of the techniqu ed to addrs homosexualy through "aversn therapy" prr to the group's cisn 1973 to stop classifyg as a mental disorr. The potential risks of reparative therapy are great, cludg prsn, anxiety and self-stctive behavr, sce therapist alignment wh societal prejudic agast homosexualy may rerce self-hatred already experienced by the 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 is not prented, nor are alternative approach to alg wh the effects of societal stigmatizatn discsed.