A guest post By Patrick M. Chapman, PhD Introduction and Methods As an academic with a PhD in biological anthropology, and as someone who tried for over a decade to change my sexual orientation, I approached with interest and skepticism…
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A recent study conducted by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has found, among other things, that younger (age 18-44) gay, lesbian and bisexual men and women experience fewer mental disorders and are less likely to have attempted suicide…
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Mel Seesholtz assesses the weaknesses of the recent ex-gay study by Stanton Jones of Wheaton College and Mark Yarhouse of Regent University. The Thomas Project: A study designed for specific results A well-known, peer-reviewed research study of ex-gays that was…
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An Exodus press release, not yet available online, tries to sound optimistic: Leaders of the world’s largest outreach to those dealing with unwanted homosexuality commended recent research showing change in sexual orientation to be possible at a press conference today…
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From MSNBC: Is he gay or straight? At a glance, the key to telling might be in the way he walks. A swing of the hips or a swaggered shoulder is enough for many casual observers to identify a man’s…
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In Brief: I Am What I Am And It’s Not a Choice
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Ex-ex-gay activist Peterson Toscano writes about sexuality, choice and the ex-gay journey in the latest New Statesman (a broadly left-wing British political weekly). Peterson writes both humorously and powerfully: I chose to be authentic, to no longer demonise my sexuality,…
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Inspired by an LA Times article about an upcoming professional convention that will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of ex-gay “therapies,” CNN’s Situation Room aired an interview this afternoon with Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, and Jack Drescher, distinguished…
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The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) issued a press release today announcing the results of Monday’s vote on a variety of issues. Among these is the matter of conversion therapies, where they voted the following: The American Academy of…
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Zucker And Bradley
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Researchers Kenneth J. Zucker and Susan J. Bradley are names that every gay man and lesbian woman should know, especially if they were treated to become “straight” at a camp or a ex-gay affirming psychologist’s office — but almost no…
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Updated: Exodus President Alan Chambers responds. Amid recent warnings about the integrity of data used by antigay activists, Exodus International continues to air the distorted statistics and false health claims of antigay activists Paul and Kirk Cameron — laundered through…