Teens Meme Mike Pence Runng a Gay Conversn Camp on TikTok

Contents:

• DID MIKE PENCE SUPPORT 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY?
• ON TIKTOK, TEENS ARE IMAGG THAT MIKE PENCE NS A THRIVG GAY NVERSN MP
• TEEN ORGANIZ FIRST-EVER GAY PRI FTIVAL MIKE PENCE'S HOMETOWN — AND THE VP REACTS TO IT
• DID VICE PRINT MIKE PENCE WARN AGAST 'GAY ALIENS'?
• GAY-OWNED CLUB HOSTG VIP FUNDRAISER FOR MIKE PENCE AND THE REPUBLIN PARTY
• MIKE PENCE ARGUED HOMOSEXUALY WAS ‘A CHOICE’ OR ‘LEARNED BEHAVR’ DURG 1990S FIGHT AGAST GAY RIGHTS ORDANCE

DID MIKE PENCE SUPPORT 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY?

Mike Pence supported "gay nversn" therapy, cludg the e of electroshock therapy. What's FalsePence never stated that he supported the e of electric shocks or "gay 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:. 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. 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.

ON TIKTOK, TEENS ARE IMAGG THAT MIKE PENCE NS A THRIVG GAY NVERSN MP

Psychotheraptic modali to nvert or “repair” homosexualy are based on velopmental theori whose scientific validy is qutnable. 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.

Creators on TikTok have taken to the popular social-workg platform to share vios that image a world which Vice Print Mike Pence assum the role of print and sends LGBTQ people to "nversn mps" meant to turn gay people mps have been found to be effective and harmful. In the vio, the creator pretends to be at one of the mps and greets her "gay iends, " her girliend, and the "TikTok lbians" wh a se, though her meanor turns sour when she pretends she has spotted Pence. "Sce gay mp is g up this summer, I thought I'd remd you guys of the l, " a TikTok creator named Cas Wormwood said a vio wh more than 72, 000 lik.

TEEN ORGANIZ FIRST-EVER GAY PRI FTIVAL MIKE PENCE'S HOMETOWN — AND THE VP REACTS TO IT

Wormwood, whose b on the social-media platform says they're a "Camp unsrlor at Pence 's gay mp, " then go on to joke that LGBTQ people would mata their inty at the mp, vg gay men to share beds and trans people to wear the clothg of their intified genr. Acrdg to CNN, Pence spoke out agast gay people the 1990s durg a fight for equal protectns for gay people his home state, Indiana. Pence said at the time that equal protectn should not apply to one's sexual orientatn bee he believed that people chose to be gay and that was a "learned behavr.

" In 2000, Pence's mpaign webse suggted that fundg for HIV/AIDS rourc should be renewed only if rourc were also "directed toward those stutns which provi assistance to those seekg to change their sexual behavr, " acrdg to Insir prevly reported, a Whe Hoe reprentative last year said that Pence uld not be nsired "antigay" bee he met wh the Irish prime mister and his partner, who is gay. His wife, Karen Pence, received backlash 2019 for workg as a teacher at a Christian school Virgia that do not adm stunts who participate or ndone homosexual Whe Hoe did not immediately rpond to a requt for many of the more popular vios volved the Pence nversn mp meme origated December, the format was still popular January, and some TikTok creators began to rporate a new piece of news, the growg fear of an impendg World War TikTok creator posted a vio to the platform that suggted he wasn't worried about a war, addg that he thought Pence would send him "to mp stead. 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.

DID VICE PRINT MIKE PENCE WARN AGAST 'GAY ALIENS'?

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.

Spirual efforts to acplish the same goal are sometim lled “ex-gay mistry. ”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. ”Brothers on a Road Ls Traveled, a support group for men who want to stop beg attracted to other men, said s method clus velopg “an ternal sense of masculy” and “disverg our te needs unrlyg some of our homosexual longgs and triggers.

”There are equently relig overton to nversn therapy, which is often promoted by groups wh ti to nservative Christian anizatns like Foc on the Fay, which says on s webse that “homosexual stgglers” n “leave homosexualy” wh the help of support groups like Homosexuals Anonymo or by “beg more like J. After listg his opposn to same-sex marriage and anti-discrimatn laws that protect gay people, Mr. Gay and transgenr groups see that language as a reference to their muny.

GAY-OWNED CLUB HOSTG VIP FUNDRAISER FOR MIKE PENCE AND THE REPUBLIN PARTY

“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. ”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.

MIKE PENCE ARGUED HOMOSEXUALY WAS ‘A CHOICE’ OR ‘LEARNED BEHAVR’ DURG 1990S FIGHT AGAST GAY RIGHTS ORDANCE

)A aln of former lears of the ex-gay movement wrote an open letter July nouncg the platform as “sentially affirmg” nversn therapy. For years, this photo has circulated onle wh ptns claimg that documents Pence's "gay past.

In November 2016, a photograph purportedly showg a young Mike Pence wh his cht exposed was circulated on social media along wh the claim that documented the vice print's "gay past":. Several stori have also appeared ncerng Mike Pence and his support of "nversn therapy" for gay people. High school senr Er Bailey anized the event the historilly nservative muny, explag to the Huffgton Post that “even though Mike Pence is openly anti-gay, that don’t mean that all of his hometown are.

Bailey appeared to be referrg to multiple anti-LGBT stanc Pence has taken over the years, cludg signg Indiana’s Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act, which opponents argued allowed discrimatn agast LGBT people; sayg gay upl would e “societal llapse;” opposg the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; and rejectg the Obama admistratn directive on transgenr bathrooms.