Post tagged with sexual orientation
  • Bryan Fischer to the right of Jerry Falwell on GLBT housing

    January 24th, 201103:19 PM ET
    Just about 5 years ago, Tucker Carlson hosted Jerry Falwell and Rachel Maddow (which pretty much makes it a party) on his show when the topic of the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court came up. At the time, some conservatives were upset that Roberts had done some pro-bono legal work arguing against a Colorado law which al...
  • World Magazine on the APA task force

    August 14th, 200901:56 PM ET
    Alisa Harris at World Magazine has a web only article out today discussing the APA task force report. David Pruden at NARTH, NARTH's press release and I are quoted. There are a couple of points in the NARTH presser that are incorrect. Psychologist Warren Throckmorton once met a woman who was in a lifelong lesbian relationship and suddenly, ...
  • American Psychological Association sexual orientation and therapy task force report: An analysis

    August 05th, 200903:28 PM ET
    Earlier today, the American Psychological Association governing board received the report of the Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Response to Sexual Orientation. With this post, I want to comment on the paper and recommendations made by the Task Force. Generally, I believe the paper to be a high quality report of the evidence regarding sexual...
  • Sexual identity therapy: A review and look forward

    July 28th, 200909:58 PM ET
    Very soon, in early August, the American Psychological Association will report the results of a Task Force on Sexual Orientation. As a review for the issue, I want to post a link and excerpts of an article which mentioned the Task Force and several issues relevant to the work it set out to accomplish. The LA Times article now titled "Approach...
  • NARTH's new report is not a new study about sexual orientation change

    July 07th, 200902:51 PM ET
    Seeing some of the press out on the recent NARTH (National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality) monograph, one might think the paper is a new study which demonstrates something that was once unclear. Not so. The first issue of the journal is actually a three part paper which reviews a variety of research studies mixed in with...
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