Gay Conversn Therapy's Disturbg 19th-Century Origs | HISTORY

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Robert Heath, Deep Bra Stimulatn, Gay Men, Homosexualy, Mental Illns, Electril Stimulatn, Septal Area, Department of Psychiatry and Nrology, Tulane Universy, Medil School, New Orleans, Louisiana

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THE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO USE PLEASURE CONDNG TO TURN A GAY MAN STRAIGHT

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The Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs, or DSM, which the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn pil as a gui to diagnosis and treatment of illns, listed homosexualy as a "socpathic personaly disturbance” the DSM-I, published 1952, and as a “sexual viatn” the DSM-II, published 1968 (see Further Readg). Homosexualy has been treated wh lobotomi, chemil stratn, electril shocks and nsea-ducg dgs as well as psychotherapy.

GAY CONVERSN THERAPY’S DISTURBG 19TH-CENTURY ORIGS

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I then tell my stunts about a bizarre gay-nversn experiment rried out 1970 by a leadg bra-implant rearcher, Dr. Heath scribed his homosexualy experiment two papers published 1972: “Septal Stimulatn for the Iniatn of Heterosexual Behavr a Homosexual Male, ” -wrten wh Charl Moan, Journal of Behavr Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry; and "Pleasure and Bra Activy Man, " Journal of Nervo and Mental Disease.

THE MOST SHOCKG FACTS ABOUT GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

The experiment volved “patient B-19, ” a 24-year-old man wh a history of epilepsy, prsn, dg abe and homosexualy.

GAY BRAS STCTURED LIKE THOSE OF THE OPPOSE SEX

For the prev three years, Heath wrote, B-19 had “led the life of a vagrant, experimentg wh dgs, engagg numero homosexual relatnships and beg supported fancially by his homosexual partners. The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, after a protracted bate, stopped cludg homosexualy the DSM 1987.

But as The Guardian reported last year, groups around the world still practice gay-nversn therapi, cludg on volvg electric shocks.

Rearch on bra implants for treatg mental disorrs ntu, but no one, as far as I know, is g implants to nvert homosexuals. Historil overviews of gay-nversn therapy and the DSM tegorizatn of homosexualy n be found Wikipedia and a 2015 article Behavral Scienc, rpectively.

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