In this second installment of CNN's special report, the “Sissy Boy Experiment,” Dr. George Rekers learns of Kirk Murphy's suicide.

In the 1970s, 5-year-old Kirk Murphy underwent therapy for his effeminate behavior -- his parents enrolled him in a federally-funded experimental program at UCLA. Decades later, at age 38, he took his own life.

A psychiatrist known as Dr. Shock for his notorious attempts to "cure" gay military recruits through electroshock therapy has been charged with sexually assaulting a male patient. [caption id="attachment_7481" align="alignleft" [...]

The American Psychological Association declared Wednesday that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through therapy or other treatments.