Reports that VP-Elect Mike Pence said 'gay nversn therapy saved his marriage' are fake news.
Contents:
- DID MIKE PENCE SUPPORT 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY?
- MIKE PENCE: GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SAVED MY MARRIAGE
- AFTER RIPPON: SEARCHG FOR CLARY ON MIKE PENCE'S STANCE ON GAY NVERSN THERAPY
- A SURVIVOR OF GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SHAR HIS CHILLG STORY
- GAY 'NVERSN THERAPY' ADVOT HEARTENED BY REPUBLIN ELECTORAL VICTORI
- NY LAWMAKER PROPOS 'PENCE' BILL BANNG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
DID MIKE PENCE SUPPORT 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY?
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MIKE PENCE: GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SAVED MY MARRIAGE
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AFTER RIPPON: SEARCHG FOR CLARY ON MIKE PENCE'S STANCE ON 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. 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.
A SURVIVOR OF GAY CONVERSN THERAPY SHAR HIS CHILLG STORY
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.
On 12 November 2016, the Nevada County Soper web se published an article reportg on Vice Print-elect Mike Pence's "surprise announcement" to Fox News that gay "nversn therapy" helped save his marriage by helpg him to rist "certa urg":. Indianapolis, IN — In a surprise announcement today, Indiana Governor and Vice Print-elect Mike Pence said that gay nversn therapy saved his marriage. The ntroversial Republin, who was elected the 50th ernor of the Hoosier State, has been a long-time proponent of a “Biblil view” on homosexualy and as a member of Congrs stated that the legislative branch “should oppose any effort to regnize homosexuals as a ‘discrete and sular mory’ entled to the protectn of anti-discrimatn laws siar to those extend to women and ethnic mori.
Pence has prevly supported the ia of g feral fundg to treat people "seekg to change their sexual behavr, " but he didn't state outright such fundg should extend to electroshock therapy, which was part of anti-gay "aversn therapy" treatments until the Amerin Psychologil Associatn announced 1973 that they would stop classifyg homosexualy as a mental disorr. "Conversn therapy, also known as reparative therapy or ex-gay therapy, has been wily discreded by an overwhelmg majory of health re anizatns, cludg the Amerin Medil Associatn, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, the Amerin Amy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organizatn and even the Department of Health and Human Servic durg the Obama Amerins who have been subjected to nversn therapy are nearly six tim more likely to report high levels of prsn and eight tim more likely to have attempted suici, acrdg to date, 20 stat and more than 80 ci have outlawed attempts to change the sexual orientatns or genr inti of mors. Buttigieg, the first openly gay Democratic printial ndidate, went om a dark horse to a ont-nner, wng the most legat the Iowa uc and the New Hampshire primary.
GAY 'NVERSN THERAPY' ADVOT HEARTENED BY REPUBLIN ELECTORAL VICTORI
"In some ways, the culture has creasgly moved away om nversn therapy: Ex-gay lears like John Plk have lled "bunked and discreded" and nmned s apparent prence the 2016 Republin Party platform, which stated support for the "right of parents to terme the proper medil treatment and therapy for their mor children. Buttigieg me out as gay when Pence was still ernor of Indiana, after the two had tangled over Pence’s signg of the Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act (RFRA). Buttigieg’s attacks have revived one of the most persistent plats about Pence’s attu toward gays — that he supposedly backed fundg for nversn therapy, also known as “reparative therapy” or “sexual orientatn change efforts” (SOCE).
In the sectn tled “Strengtheng the Amerin Fay, ” there are three ems regardg gay rights:Congrs should oppose any effort to put gay and lbian relatnships on an equal legal stat wh heterosexual marriage.
NY LAWMAKER PROPOS 'PENCE' BILL BANNG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
Congrs should oppose any effort to regnize homosexual’s as a "discreet and sular mory" entled to the protectn of anti-discrimatn laws siar to those extend to women and ethnic mori. News releas claimed Pence supported an “off-the-cuff endorsement for ex-gay nversn therapy, ” whout explag that the language me om a mpaign webse. The webse language gaed new attentn when Pence was unr nsiratn by then-ndidate Donald Tmp to be his nng var tim, Pence spokmen have sisted that the 2000 mpaign page was referrg to safe-sex practic and that he do not support nversn spokwoman, Alyssa Farah, issued a statement 2018 after gay figure skater Adam Rippon refed to meet Pence durg the Olympics: “The vice print has never supported nversn therapy and don’t support now.
1, 2016Sce the time that Mike Pence was chosen as Donald 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 LGBT muny recent has been particularly dogged by accatns that he is a supporter of "nversn therapy, " the practice of tryg to change someone's sexual orientatn or genr inty.