msgc 请你读完wiki上的scandals of ex-gay-movement.# WaterWorld - 未名水世界
s*n
1 楼
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-gay_movement
People who no longer support the ex-gay movement
Main article: Ex-ex-gay
Günter Baum originally founded an ex-gay ministry in Germany. Later he
formed Zwischenraum, which helps gay Christians to accept their sexuality
and to reconcile it with their beliefs.
Anthony Venn-Brown is a former Australian evangelist in the Assemblies of
God and an author whose book describes his experience in Australia’s first
ex-gay program.[29] Venn-Brown co-founded "Freedom 2 b[e]" which offers
support to GLBT people from church backgrounds and who have been displaced
from the ex gay movement.[30] In 2007 he co-ordinated the release of a
statement from five Australian ex-gay leaders who publicly apologized for
their past actions.[31]
John Smid was the leader of Love In Action in Memphis. He resigned that
position in 2008,[32] and in 2010 apologized for any harm that he'd caused,
noting that his teen program "further wounded teens that were already in a
very delicate place in life".[33] He has announced that he is still
homosexual and admitted never seeing a man successfully converting to
heterosexuality in his group.[34]
Warren Throckmorton is a past president of the American Mental Health
Counselors Association. He wrote and produced the documentary I Do Exist
about ex-gay people,[35] but subsequently came to "believe that categorical
change in sexual attractions, especially for men, is rare"[36] and
repudiated some of the claims he made in the film.[35]
Peterson Toscano is an actor who was involved in the ex-gay movement for 17
years. He performs a related one-man satire titled Doin' Time in the Homo No
Mo Halfway House, and with Christine Bakke co-runs Beyond Ex-Gay, a support
website for people coming out of ex-gay experiences.
[edit]Controversy
There have been many scandals and controversies regarding the ex-gay
movement, with claim and counter-claim by gay and ex-gay activists,
psychiatrists and clinicians.
[edit]Sexual orientation change efforts
Main article: Sexual orientation change efforts
Some ex-gay organizations, such as Exodus International, recommend to their
members that they undertake sexual orientation change efforts, such as
conversion therapy.[37] Exodus warns against going to counselors that tells
the patient that they "can definitely eliminate all attractions to your same
gender, or that you can definitely acquire heteroerotic attractions".[38]
Evergreen International does not advocate any particular form of therapy,[39
] and warns that "therapy will likely not be a cure in the sense of erasing
all homosexual feelings".[40]
SOCE are controversial and the American Psychological Association reported
that, "the available evidence, from both early and recent studies, suggests
that although sexual orientation is unlikely to change, some individuals
modified their sexual orientation identity (i.e., individual or group
membership and affiliation, self-labeling) and other aspects of sexuality (i
.e. values and behavior)."[10] Virtually all major mental health
organizations have adopted policy statements cautioning the profession and
the public against treatments that purport to change sexual orientation.[41]
[42] The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, an ex
-gay organization, argues that mainstream health and mental health
organizations have, in many cases, taken public positions on homosexuality
and same-sex marriage that are based on their own social and political views
rather than the available science.[43]
[edit]Controversy over teenagers
A controversial aspect of the ex-gay movement has been the focus of some ex-
gay organizations on teenagers, including occasions where teenagers have
been forced to attend ex-gay camps by their parents. A 2006 report by the
National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce outlined evidence that ex-gay and
conversion therapy groups were at the time increasingly focusing on children
.[44][unreliable source?] Several legal researchers[45] have responded to
these events by arguing that parents who force their children into
aggressive conversion therapy programs are committing child abuse under
various state[which?] statutes.[46][need quotation to verify][47][need
quotation to verify]
One case of emancipation involved Lyn Duff. After 168 days in Rivendell,
Duff escaped.[48] In 1992, she initiated legal action against the facility
and her mother.[49]
The ex-gay organization Love in Action was involved in a controversy
surrounding a teenager. In July 2005, The New York Times ran a feature story
about 16-year-old Zachary Stark, whose parents forced him to attend an ex-
gay camp run by the group.[50] In July 2005, Stark was released from the
camp. An investigation of the camp by the Tennessee Department of Children's
Services did not uncover signs of child abuse.[51] In September 2005,
Tennessee authorities discovered that unlicensed staff had been
administering prescription drugs. A settlement was reached shortly thereafer
. LIA closed the camp in 2007.
People who no longer support the ex-gay movement
Main article: Ex-ex-gay
Günter Baum originally founded an ex-gay ministry in Germany. Later he
formed Zwischenraum, which helps gay Christians to accept their sexuality
and to reconcile it with their beliefs.
Anthony Venn-Brown is a former Australian evangelist in the Assemblies of
God and an author whose book describes his experience in Australia’s first
ex-gay program.[29] Venn-Brown co-founded "Freedom 2 b[e]" which offers
support to GLBT people from church backgrounds and who have been displaced
from the ex gay movement.[30] In 2007 he co-ordinated the release of a
statement from five Australian ex-gay leaders who publicly apologized for
their past actions.[31]
John Smid was the leader of Love In Action in Memphis. He resigned that
position in 2008,[32] and in 2010 apologized for any harm that he'd caused,
noting that his teen program "further wounded teens that were already in a
very delicate place in life".[33] He has announced that he is still
homosexual and admitted never seeing a man successfully converting to
heterosexuality in his group.[34]
Warren Throckmorton is a past president of the American Mental Health
Counselors Association. He wrote and produced the documentary I Do Exist
about ex-gay people,[35] but subsequently came to "believe that categorical
change in sexual attractions, especially for men, is rare"[36] and
repudiated some of the claims he made in the film.[35]
Peterson Toscano is an actor who was involved in the ex-gay movement for 17
years. He performs a related one-man satire titled Doin' Time in the Homo No
Mo Halfway House, and with Christine Bakke co-runs Beyond Ex-Gay, a support
website for people coming out of ex-gay experiences.
[edit]Controversy
There have been many scandals and controversies regarding the ex-gay
movement, with claim and counter-claim by gay and ex-gay activists,
psychiatrists and clinicians.
[edit]Sexual orientation change efforts
Main article: Sexual orientation change efforts
Some ex-gay organizations, such as Exodus International, recommend to their
members that they undertake sexual orientation change efforts, such as
conversion therapy.[37] Exodus warns against going to counselors that tells
the patient that they "can definitely eliminate all attractions to your same
gender, or that you can definitely acquire heteroerotic attractions".[38]
Evergreen International does not advocate any particular form of therapy,[39
] and warns that "therapy will likely not be a cure in the sense of erasing
all homosexual feelings".[40]
SOCE are controversial and the American Psychological Association reported
that, "the available evidence, from both early and recent studies, suggests
that although sexual orientation is unlikely to change, some individuals
modified their sexual orientation identity (i.e., individual or group
membership and affiliation, self-labeling) and other aspects of sexuality (i
.e. values and behavior)."[10] Virtually all major mental health
organizations have adopted policy statements cautioning the profession and
the public against treatments that purport to change sexual orientation.[41]
[42] The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, an ex
-gay organization, argues that mainstream health and mental health
organizations have, in many cases, taken public positions on homosexuality
and same-sex marriage that are based on their own social and political views
rather than the available science.[43]
[edit]Controversy over teenagers
A controversial aspect of the ex-gay movement has been the focus of some ex-
gay organizations on teenagers, including occasions where teenagers have
been forced to attend ex-gay camps by their parents. A 2006 report by the
National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce outlined evidence that ex-gay and
conversion therapy groups were at the time increasingly focusing on children
.[44][unreliable source?] Several legal researchers[45] have responded to
these events by arguing that parents who force their children into
aggressive conversion therapy programs are committing child abuse under
various state[which?] statutes.[46][need quotation to verify][47][need
quotation to verify]
One case of emancipation involved Lyn Duff. After 168 days in Rivendell,
Duff escaped.[48] In 1992, she initiated legal action against the facility
and her mother.[49]
The ex-gay organization Love in Action was involved in a controversy
surrounding a teenager. In July 2005, The New York Times ran a feature story
about 16-year-old Zachary Stark, whose parents forced him to attend an ex-
gay camp run by the group.[50] In July 2005, Stark was released from the
camp. An investigation of the camp by the Tennessee Department of Children's
Services did not uncover signs of child abuse.[51] In September 2005,
Tennessee authorities discovered that unlicensed staff had been
administering prescription drugs. A settlement was reached shortly thereafer
. LIA closed the camp in 2007.
