New urt challeng are aimed at gay nversn therapy, a psdoscientific method said to turn homosexual people straight.
Contents:
- TERRIFYG PHOTOS RECREATE THE HORRORS OF GAY 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CENTERS
- 5 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE
- RNGAY NVERSN THERAPY SURVIVORS SHARE PAFUL LEGACY OF 'EX-GAY' TREATMENTS
TERRIFYG PHOTOS RECREATE THE HORRORS OF GAY 'CONVERSN THERAPY' CENTERS
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A new llectn of photos is providg a strikg ― and horrifyg ― visual recreatn of the barbaric practice of gay “nversn therapy” and the impact has on s victims. Photographer Paola Pares first learned of the “Clis Dhomosexualizacn” her home untry of Ecuador four years ago om a iend.
After pletg a project lled “Unveiled” that documented her own g out procs ― cludg filmg herself wh three meras as she me out to her parents ― Pares cid the foc of her next work would be on the gay “nversn therapy” clics. We want to sign an tnal mpaign that centers around teachg people about homosexually, LGBT rights, genr inty and human rights. ”Check out more imag om “Until You Change” throughout this article and learn more about the photographer’s relatnship wh the victims of the gay “nversn therapy” clics and what she hop the impact of this project will be by readg our terview wh Pares Pares PhotographyHuffPost: What spired the project?
” I sat my parents down for a nversatn and told them I was gay ont of three meras – a pletely surreal and liberatg experience.
5 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
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From “Unveiled” I had a lot of gay men and women ntact me around the world to thank me for sharg such an timate moment wh the world. But sce the people nsir homosexualy a disease, they treat as an addictn.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
The laws prohib that the clics treat homosexuals. 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.
[5 Myths About Gay People Debunked]In a send se California, a feral judge is hearg arguments agast a new state law that bans nversn therapy for mors. [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.
LBIAN UPLE W IVF ‘GAY TAX’ BATTLE
In an April 2012 say The Amerin Prospect, wrer Gabriel Arana scrib his "ex-gay" therapy experience. 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.
RNGAY NVERSN THERAPY SURVIVORS SHARE PAFUL LEGACY OF 'EX-GAY' TREATMENTS
The sire to turn gay people straight go way back.