Shulli, a 27-year-old Morn Orthodox Jew, took a year out of universy to take part a gay nversn therapy programme
Contents:
- 5 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
- GAY CONVERSN THERAPY IS STILL LEGAL 41 STAT
- GAY NVERSN THERAPY: 'I THOUGHT BEG STRAIGHT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY'
- ‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY
- 4 STRAIGHT FACTS ABOUT ‘GAY CONVERSN’ THERAPY
- GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS
5 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
New urt challeng are aimed at gay nversn therapy, a psdoscientific method said to turn homosexual people straight. * gay to straight conversion 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. 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).
GAY CONVERSN THERAPY IS STILL LEGAL 41 STAT
* gay to straight conversion therapy *
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 NVERSN THERAPY: 'I THOUGHT BEG STRAIGHT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY'
Although only a small mory of L.G.B.T. Catholics will ever seek nversn therapy, the assumptns unrlyg that therapy often fluence the msage many gay Catholics hear the nfsnal and om iends and mentors. * gay to straight conversion therapy *
Rearch has shown nversn therapy primarily tends to be effective and harmful, cludg a 2014 study om the Journal of Counselg Psychology and a 2013 study om Journal of Homosexualy.
‘THEY/THEM’ FILM REVIEW: SHARP SCRIPT GIV BE TO GAY-CONVERSN CAMP HORROR STORY
In 1899, German psychiatrist Albert von Schrenck-Notzg claimed he turned a gay man straight through "45 hypnosis ssns and a few trips to a brothel, " acrdg to, kickg off the phenomenon of nversn therapy. The gay nversn therapy movement lost substantial credibily after a 2009 report om the APA showed there was no evince for the efficy of nversn therapi and the practice is often harmful, says Tom Waidzunas, Temple Universy profsor and thor of "The Straight Le: How the Frge Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexualy.
Conversn therapy anizatn formerly known as the Natnal Associatn for Rearch and Therapy of Homosexualy, that ed to partner wh Exod Internatnal, has now rebrand to the Alliance for Theraptic Choice and Scientific Integry. A therapy that claims to nvert gay people to heterosexuals is beg tted urt wh two new s, one of which seeks to sue unselors offerg the therapy and the other seekg to fend nversn therapy, as is known, supposedly helps gay people overe same-sex attractns.
4 STRAIGHT FACTS ABOUT ‘GAY CONVERSN’ THERAPY
[7 Absolutely Evil Medil Experiments]More recently, people who have been through nversn therapy report talk therapy that emphasiz psdoscientific theori, such as the ia that an overbearg mother and a distant father make a child gay.
GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS
His therapist blamed his parents for Arana's homosexualy, and urged him to distance himself om his female bt Lev, one of the men sug Jonah for ceptive practic, says that he qu nversn therapy after his therapist had him strip down and touch himself to "rennect wh his masculy, " acrdg to the New York Tim. Why psychologists say nversn therapy don't workHomosexualy is not nsired a mental disorr, so the Amerin Psychologil Associatn (APA) do not remend "curg" same-sex attractn any se. Instead, societal ignorance, prejudice and prsure to nform to heterosexual sir are the real dangers to gay people's mental health, acrdg to a 1997 statement on "nversn" or "reparative" therapy by the APA.