Posted by:
SL Cabbie
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Date: January 20, 2016 06:04PM
Here's a report on the APA--American Psychological Association--and their view of such barbaric quackery.
http://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapyI "count as two of my proudest contributions" to the RFM board a "rhetorical blood atonement" of a particularly noxious homophobe who used to frequent this site (and full praise to Steve Benson and TLC for having my back on that one; Tom put up a thread that literally moved me to tears), and the report from a lesbian cab fare of mine who admitted to me she'd undergone the electroshock procedure while at BYU. Sadly, she asked me not to say anything further, and I'll respect her wishes, but it became obvious to me she was horribly traumatized by the experience.
And no, it's not because I have any latent homophobic issues; for many years I dated a woman whose son was obviously gay from his early teens. I had the pleasure of attending his wedding reception a few years ago; he married his partner in San Francisco before the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage was legal.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/20/2016 08:04PM by SL Cabbie.