I was 19, gay and ready to be ‘cured’ by nversn therapy | Fay | The Guardian

Contents:

• I WAS 19, GAY AND READY TO BE ‘CURED’ BY NVERSN THERAPY
• I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?
• EXPERIENCE: I TRIED TO 'CURE' GAY PEOPLE
• GAY THERAPY, GAY THERAPISTS, GAY TREATMENT
• THE HISTORY OF GETTG THE GAY OUT
• HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY
• 17 RIGHTFUL WAYS ON HOW TO CURE BEG GAY ISLAM
• GAY CONVERSN THERAPY – REAL OR HOAX?
• 5 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
• A HALF-CENTURY OF CONFLICT OVER ATTEMPTS TO 'CURE' GAY PEOPLE

I WAS 19, GAY AND READY TO BE ‘CURED’ BY NVERSN THERAPY

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I LIKE GUYS BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE GAY. HOW DO I STOP BEG GAY?

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EXPERIENCE: I TRIED TO 'CURE' GAY PEOPLE

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GAY THERAPY, GAY THERAPISTS, GAY TREATMENT

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THE HISTORY OF GETTG THE GAY OUT

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HOW TO DEAL WHEN YOUR BT FRIEND IS GAY

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17 RIGHTFUL WAYS ON HOW TO CURE BEG GAY ISLAM

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GAY CONVERSN THERAPY – REAL OR HOAX?

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Tle page to Garrard Conley's workbook om the gay-nversn mp Love ActnIt is dangero to be different, and certa kds of difference are pecially risky. The mm recently llected materials to document gay-nversn therapy (also lled "reparative therapy")—and the objects allow curators like myself to explore how real people experience the risks. Conley's memoir of his time there, Boy Erased, chronicl how the mp's nversn therapy followed the ia that beg gay was an addictn that uld be treated wh methods siar to those for abatg dg, alhol, gamblg, and other addictns.

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5 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

Lobotomy kniv of the sort ed to "treat" homosexualy the 1950s–1970sHomosexualy was nsired a psychiatric disorr until 1973, when was removed om the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM). Electromagic shock vice ed the late 1900sJt as relig nvictn and fah are part of some addictn programs, relig beliefs about sexualy and genr form the only remag jtifitns for "gay nversn. " If you want to talk about your iend to a parent or guardian, try askg "Would you be okay wh me mentng that you're gay to my parents if me up, or would you prefer that I keep quiet?

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However, some groups, particularly Christian right groups the Uned Stat, say y, you n "cure the gay" and they offer what is known as gay nversn therapy or gay reparative therapy. The most famo recent example of this is Republin printial ntenr, Michelle Bachmann's hband and his mistry, that practic therapy signed to "cure" homosexualy. In the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs (DSM), the book which f psychiatric disorrs, homosexualy was, ed, listed as a disorr until 1973.

A HALF-CENTURY OF CONFLICT OVER ATTEMPTS TO 'CURE' GAY PEOPLE

"Homosexualy is not a mental disorr and the APA oppos all portrayals of lbian, gay and bisexual people as mentally ill and need of treatment due to their sexual orientatn. Gay nversn therapy, also known as gay reparative therapy, typilly prayer, unselg or both an attempt to help people change their sexual orientatn.

Some licensed profsnals practice gay nversn therapy and the Natnal Associatn for Rearch and Therapy of Homosexualy, led by psychologist Joseph Nilosi, claim that gays suffer om:3.

In fact, the Amerin Psychologil Associatn reviewed 83 studi on gay cur and termed that there was ltle evince to support the changg of a person's sexual orientatn. Profsnal anizatns such as the Natnal Associatn of Social Workers and the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn have e out sayg that gay reparative therapy is uhil and s practners risk censure or loss of license.