Former 'ex-gay' activist renounces PFOX, tells story

[shenmue]

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2014/10/02/redeemed-former-ex-gay-activist-renounces-the-movement-talks-with-hatewatch/

Yvette Cantu Schneider used to be one of those to whom the 'ex-gay' faction of the right wing pointed as a so-called success story. Time went by, and one day, it just didn't seem right. Now she has told her story to the Hatewatch website, run by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

[Prophet 451]

1. Fucking "therapy" should be banned

Forget banning it for kids, it should be banned outright. If snake oil is banned, so should be this dangerous quack "therapy". I'd lose my BPS (the psychological certification board here in Britain) membership if I suggested it to anyone.

[hunter]

2. I hope she's right about the end of this horror.

"I think the ex-gay movement will be dead within the next 10 years. As churches become more gay-affirming, parents and church leaders won’t seek parachurch ministries to “fix” in gay Christians what isn’t broken. The fact that the ex-gay movement has been a monumental failure with no real, lasting change in those who have sought to negate same-sex attractions and become heterosexual will become more and more apparent to the average lay Christian."