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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGay Conversion Therapy
VICE
(Part 1/3)
Published on Feb 26, 2015
Conversion therapy is the practice of "curing" gay people by trying to turn them straight through counseling and lifestyle restrictions. The practice dates back to the early Freudian period, when homosexuality was considered pathological and attempts to treat it were deemed appropriate. Today, however, homosexuality has been removed from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental disorders, and conversion therapy is considered ineffective, harmful, and potentially deadly.
Regardless of a nationwide battle toward the acceptance of same-sex marriage and equal rights for gay people, conversion therapy is still a problem, and it's being practiced every single day in the United States and throughout the world.
In this special report, VICE gets exclusive access to one of the hundreds of gay-conversion-therapy organizations, groups, and sessions in the United States. At the Journey into Manhood program, men pay more than $600 to attend a weekend retreat where they participate in exercises and activities the staff members claim will help them battle their same-sex orientation. The only qualification to become a staff member is to have successfully completed the program.
The report meets with the founder of reparative therapy, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, who is illegally practicing on minors in the State of California, and investigates the controversial legal battle to fight conversion therapy for individuals under 18 years of age. We also travel to the annual Gay Christian Network Conference, speak with former "ex-gay" leaders including John Smid of Love in Action, who is now married to his gay partner, and hear the grueling stories of the individuals who have survived this brutal practice.
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Gay Conversion Therapy (Original Post)
snooper2
Feb 2015
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Oneironaut
(5,505 posts)1. After 8 minutes, I couldn't watch anymore. I want to cry.
This makes me so angry and sad, and is offensive to me on a personal level. I think anti-gay therapy should be banned and the people hosting the sessions arrested. Disgusting!
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)2. I can't watch it. It is such ignorant bullshit. It dulls the mind listening
Last edited Fri Feb 27, 2015, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)
to those who profess it works. And for what F'en reason, people should not give a damn if someone is gay or not. People should not give a damn if one is straight or not, or someplace in between!
Perhaps we should start conversion therapy from straight to gay! THAT, would solve a lot of problems for idiots like this that profess gay conversion therapy, make them gay!