-A new survey finds strong support for most LGBT rights in Hong Kong.
-Retired boxer Evander Holyfield describes gays as ‘handicapped.’
-The US Supreme Court issues a stay on same-sex marriages in Utah.
-Bruce Kraus becomes Pittsburgh, PA’s first openly gay city council president.
-A monument to LGBT holocaust victims is built in Tel Aviv.
-Comedian Lily Tomlin marries her long-time partner Jane Wagner.
-New Mexico Gov. Susanna Martinez declares that she will not support efforts to reverse marriage equality.
-A Yemeni man is murdered for being gay.
-German footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger comes out of the closet.
-Civil unions move forward in the Chilean Senate.
-The State of Utah announces that it will not recognize any same-sex marriages.
-The Federal government, meanwhile, will recognize same-sex marriage licenses issued in Utah.
ACC-UK considers reparative therapy as potentially harmful
The Association of Christian Counsellors (UK) in its Jan 14 newsletter notes that it has reconsidered its position on Reparative Therapy:
“we do not endorse Reparative or Conversion Therapy or any model that implies a
predetermined direction of outcome of counselling at the outset. We recognize that such models have the potential to impose situational demands on the client at a time of vulnerability with the potential to create harm and therefore view them as incompatible within the ethos of counselling”
(This newsletter is sent to members and is also currently posted on the website of an organisation offering ex-gay type therapies:
https://www.core-issues.org/uploads/acc-uk.org_Enews40_Jan14%281%29.pdf )