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‘Deliverance from homosexuality:’ How an anti-gay ministry changed my life
Listening to self-anointed “prophet” Damon Thompson preach now, it’s hard to recall why I ever considered him to be anything but a dangerous madman.
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‘Sissy Boy Experiment:’ Reparative therapy still being used to ‘treat’ gay kids
In Thursday’s third and final installment of CNN’s special report, the “Sissy Boy Experiment,” Randi Kaye reports on how the research of Dr. George Rekers is still being used to ‘treat’ some gay kids and teens.
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George Rekers responds to Kirk Murphy’s suicide in ‘Sissy Boy Experiment’
In this second installment of CNN’s special report, the “Sissy Boy Experiment,” Dr. George Rekers learns of Kirk Murphy’s suicide.
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‘Sissy Boy Experiment’ examines 70’s-era therapy to make feminine boys masculine
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.
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Malaysia sends ‘effeminate’ boys to correctional camp to learn masculinity
Malaysian school authorities have sent 66 Muslim teenage boys to a correctional camp to learn “masculine behaviors” after their teachers identified them as effeminate.
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California Assembly repeals decades-old law to seek ‘cure’ for homosexuality
Homosexuality is no longer a sexual deviation on par with child molestation that needs to be cured — at least in the eyes of the California Assembly. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the lower house adopted a measure Monday to strike a line of state code that directed the Department of Mental Health to […]
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California considers repeal of 1950’s law aimed at ‘curing’ homosexuality
A California Assembly committee approved a bill on Tuesday that would remove a section of state code that identifies homosexuality as a sexual deviation, equates it to child molestation and asks for research into its “causes and cures.” At issue is a 60-year-old section of the Welfare and Institutions code that classifies homosexuals as “sexual […]
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Psychiatrist known for ‘curing’ gays arrested for sexual assault on male patient
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. Dr. Aubrey Levin, who was arrested in Calgary, Alberta, after he was secretly filmed sexually abusing a male patient, had previously been accused of gross human rights abuses […]
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Witness: Obama not an ‘ally’ for gays; memos link Mormon church to Prop 8
The federal case challenging California’s Proposition 8 wrapped up it’s seventh day Wednesday, with plaintiff’s attorneys producing documents showing close ties between the Mormon church and the Prop. 8 campaign, and one expert witness asserting that President Obama is “not a reliable ally” for gays and lesbians. First on the witness stand Wednesday was Ryan […]