Reply #4: I'm in correspondence right now [View All]

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This article is very timely. I just received an e-mail from an acquaintance citing a Family Research Council (yeah, I know) "study" about how sexual orientation can be changed. I will use this APA resolution as part of my response to him, along with a few other citations.

For some people, this is indeed very old news. For other people, it will be quite new to them, and they are people who really need to hear not only that their advocacy for change therapy is wrong-headed, but is actually unhealthy and damaging. You know this, I know this, but authoritative pronouncements by medical professionals can certainly help buttress an argument.

I have little hope of actually persuading my correspondent, but I hope to at least keep the conversation respectful and on as high a level as I can manage.