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- FLORIDA'S 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY BANS STCK DOWN BY FERAL COURT
- FLORIDA'S 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY BANS STCK DOWN BY FERAL COURT
FLORIDA'S 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY BANS STCK DOWN BY FERAL COURT
”Conversn therapy aims to change people’s sexual orientatns or genr therapists, Robert Otto and Julie Haton, said their clients typilly had “scerely held relig beliefs nflictg wh homosexualy, ” and sought unselg to nform their inti and behavrs wh those beliefs. Crics say the practice stigmatiz lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people, and is lked to prsn, anxiety and Amerin Psychiatric Associatn also oppos nversn therapy, sayg the practice often assum that homosexualy is a mental supporters of the practice have offered relig jtifitns or said is uhil not to offer clients that se is Otto et al v Cy of Bo Raton, Florida et al, 11th U.
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.
“‘Ex-gay’ is a silly exprsn but has the virtu of slottg to a prt headle neatly and absolutely enragg the opposn. 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.
FLORIDA'S 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY BANS STCK DOWN BY FERAL COURT
Asked about ncerns over the potential harm to gay youth, Yiannopoulos dismissed those fears as merely the product of the practice havg a bad rap.
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.
“Anybody who tells you that they know the short, precise etlogy of homosexualy is lyg to you, ” 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.