Unrver Doctor: Cure me, I'm Gay (2014) - The A.V. Club

Contents:

• UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY; FOOD PRIC: THE SHOCKG TTH – TV REVIEW
• CHANNEL 4'S DR CHRISTIAN ASKS: CURE ME, I'M GAY
• UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY
• WATCH UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY
• CURE ME I'M GAY: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS FORMER GAY CONVERSN THERAPIST
• UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY
• CURE ME, I'M GAY!
• UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY
• UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I’M GAY, CHANNEL 4, REVIEW
• CHRISTIAN JSEN, BRISH TV DOCTOR, TO TT EX-GAY THERAPY METHODS ON 'CURE ME, I'M GAY'
• UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I’M GAY PROVED CUR DON’T WORK
• TV REVIEW: UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I’M GAY

UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY; FOOD PRIC: THE SHOCKG TTH – TV REVIEW

Then, my iend, you are a gay man and, as part of your $3, 000 per month -gayg, the ditors of your viant liftyle will be taken om you and – que possibly – burned on a ceremonial Unrver Doctor: Cure Me, I'm Gay (Channel 4), Christian Jsen met John Smid, former director of the Tennsee ex-gay mistry Love Actn.

CHANNEL 4'S DR CHRISTIAN ASKS: CURE ME, I'M GAY

Smid mmaged through Jsen's luggage lookg for signs of gayns g the world's most hilar measurg vice, the Bible belt gaydar.

"This scene purported to show one of the gay cur that Jsen was unrtakg, which was a b of a cheat: Smid is no longer an ex-gay therapist but a former ex-gay therapist – or, if you prefer, an ex former gay therapist.

UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY

In fact, Smid is even more nfg: he is a newly gay failed former ex-gay therapist.

His gay rehab turned no one straight and he outed himself after leavg the mistry, thereby addg to the world's gay populatn rather than subtractg om . In an otherwise upsettg hour for non-homophob, this was good gay is Dr Christian Jsen? How gay was he?

WATCH UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY

So gay that he found clouds more arog than women. Only if the several Amerin quack therapists, unqualified doctors and qutnable clergymen, whom Jsen nsulted, were right and beg gay is ally related to a childhood trma – abe by an olr man, or, oooh, I don't know, seeg Ruf Wawright lerhosen at an imprsnable age – that viat you om your God-given heterosexual shockg than the Bible belt bigotry Jsen exposed was to learn that, until 1980, the NHS offered shock therapy to gay men.

CURE ME I'M GAY: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS FORMER GAY CONVERSN THERAPIST

Jsen unrwent that treatment, which nsisted of takg a dg to make one vlently ill while lookg at gay porn – orr to associate homosexual aroal wh feelgs of extreme nsea. "Gay sex is unnatural.

UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY

" The treatment changed no one's sexualy but, surmised Jsen, unrmed participants' nfince and ma them more, Jsen vised a mistry east London where exorcisms are performed to liver gay men om evil.

He didn't stoop to try that cure, but stead asked the good qutn: "If homosexualy is ed by some childhood trma, how n be a s?

Perhaps, I reflected, as he took off his top at one pot, for reasons tangential to his vtigatn, and my pupils dilated acrdgly, there is a cure for unsurprisgly emerged om this vtigatn as gay as he went .

CURE ME, I'M GAY!

He uldn't be ls gay. He asks if is possible to ‘cure’ homosexualy and will boldly unrtake some of the ‘cur’ to see if he n change his sexual preference.

Unrver Doctor: Cure Me, I’m Gay will follow Dr Jsen on his extraordary and sometim shockg journey as he looks at past and prent therapi both the UK and USA that offer to ‘cure’ gay people who are sperate to be straight. Wh his medil background and as an openly gay man, he’ll be boldly unrtakg some of the ‘cur’ himself and will explore whether really is possible to be ‘cured’ of homosexualy. In a fascatg twist, Dr Christian will also asss his own sexualy to see how gay or straight he is.

UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I'M GAY

After weeks of tense therapy will Dr Christian be ‘cured’ and will the ex-gay lears rise to his challenge to take the sexualy lie tector tt? This bold and challengg documentary will ask what the extraordary practic tell about 21st century attus towards homosexualy, medice, psychology and sexual inty. Cast & crewTV Movie201448mDr Christian Jsen lv to the world of gay nversn therapy the US and the UK by gog unrver and ttg different 'cur' to see if there is any tth behd their Christian Jsen lv to the world of gay nversn therapy the US and the UK by gog unrver and ttg different 'cur' to see if there is any tth behd their Christian Jsen lv to the world of gay nversn therapy the US and the UK by gog unrver and ttg different 'cur' to see if there is any tth behd their productn, box office & pany PhotosBe the first to reviewContribute to this pageSuggt an ed or add missg ntentEd pageMore to exploreRecently viewedYou have no recently viewed pag.

UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I’M GAY, CHANNEL 4, REVIEW

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Christian Jsen explor the weird new world of "gay cur", as well as a group of people who scribe themselv as "ex-gay". Boldly unrtakg some of the "cur" himself, he'll explore whether 's possible to transn om homosexualy to heterosexualy, or whether the practic are damagg the sperate men and women who try them.

CHRISTIAN JSEN, BRISH TV DOCTOR, TO TT EX-GAY THERAPY METHODS ON 'CURE ME, I'M GAY'

Stream Movi Like Unrver Doctor: Cure Me, I'm Gay. Dr Christian Json's Channel 4 documentary Cure Me I'm Gay has brought a torrent of cricism crashg down on those who advote gay nversn therapy, a form of treatment which seeks to 'cure' homosexuals of their same-sex attractn.

UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I’M GAY PROVED CUR DON’T WORK

Many believe the therapy is barbaric, trmatic and simply impractil, as homosexualy is nate and th nnot be 'cured' a former gay nversn therapist has revealed to IBTim UK that he no longer believ the treatment known as 'sexual reorientatn', as his experience showed to be Warren Throckmorton, profsor of pyschology at Grove Cy College Pennsylvania, was once an arnt supporter of ntroversial sexual reorientatn therapy, and began practisg the 1990s out of cursy. The documentary featured terviews wh several of Throckmorton's former patients, claimg that their homosexualy was not nate and that they were 'cured' through his Throckmorton told that "the documentary is no longer on the market bee I have changed my views signifintly sce was ma. Several other patients reported that their homosexual feelgs had returned, while Throckmorton's own rearch revealed that prev studi on the subject were fact poorly wrten.

Patients and also people who had been promotg the therapy public started admtg that is Warren ThrockmortonIn 2007 the therapist publicly clared his rejectn of gay nversn therapy, a stance he matas to this day. "[Today] I don't believe 's effective and I have a very strong opposn to a particular approach, acrdg to which people bee homosexual bee they are trmatised, due to bad relatnships wh their parents, " he told .

Homosexuals who don't want a cureThrockmorton still works wh homosexual people today.

TV REVIEW: UNRVER DOCTOR: CURE ME, I’M GAY

However the are gay people who are married to heterosexual partners, whout tryg to reverse or 'cure' their sexualy. 'Gods hat' gays protts Wtboro - former home to gay-hate preacher Fred Phelps. Even though gay nversn therapy is still supported by many, Throckmorton believ that the attu towards such treatments is changg.

Many people, fact, now unrstand that homosexualy is not a choice, and many homosexuals no longer seek to nvert themselv, but simply choose to not rea om sexual behavur that ntraven their relig Throckmorton's own nversn has shown is possible to pletely change your re belief system - but a way he would never have envisaged when he began practisg two s ago. Boldly unrtakg some of the “cur” himself, he’ll explore whether 's possible to transn om homosexualy to heterosexualy, or whether the practic are damagg the sperate men and women who try vio is currently unavailableto watch your lotn. Tuday 18 March at 5:53pmLast year a patient me to see Embarrassg Bodi' Dr Christian Jsen at his clic and asked to be cured of his homosexualy.

It was followg this shockg vis that Dr Christian, who is openly gay himself, disvered that ntroversial gay-to-straight nversn therapi are still offered both the US and the UK. So, as part of a new documentary, Dr Christian went unrver to vtigate some of the so-lled gay cur, cludg gay rehab and exorcism, and even tted out some himself.