ArchivedHow could you spread so much hate about gays?The same reason an ever-gay would want to become straight. Some straights or gays might think it would be neat to be bi. To see the beauty in both sexes.
No I was assuming you were saying changing their inborn orientation without therapy and also the other possibilities would include they were already Bi or Confused about their sexuality. I don't assume that they were bi or confused, I accept it as within the realm of possibilities.
Here is what they say about it, "Psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals agree that homosexuality is not an illness, mental disorder or an emotional problem. Over 35 years of objective, well-designed scientific research has shown that homosexuality, in and itself,is not associated with mental disorders or emotional or social problems. Homosexuality was once thought to be a mental illness because mental health professionals and society had biased information. In the past the studies of gay, lesbian and bisexual people involved only those in therapy, thus biasing the resulting conclusions. When researchers examined data about these people who were not in therapy, the idea that homosexuality was a mental illness was quickly found to be untrue. In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association confirmed the importance of the new, better designed research and removed homosexuality from the official manual that lists mental and emotional disorders. Two years later, the American Psychological Association passed a resolution supporting the removal. For more than 25 years, both associations have urged all mental health professionals to help dispel the stigma of mental illness that some people still associate with homosexual orientation." This is an organization that deals with psychology in general, not just homosexuality, with nationwide psychologists, they have no reason to be biased about it. There got there conclusion from real scientific studies. They have had 30 years to change it back if it needed to be. Which they haven't. No they removed it because trying to change ones sexual orientation implies being gay is something to 'cure'. Which they know that it is not because it is not a mental illness. So they took it out of DSM III. " When the DSM-III was published in 1980 homosexuality was not included although "ego dystonic homosexuality" was recognized as a category for people "whose sexual interests are directed primarily toward people of the same sex and who are either disturbed by, in conflict with, or wish to change their sexual orientation." When the DSM-III was revised in 1987, "ego dystonic homosexuality" was deleted as a separate diagnostic entity because "In the United States, almost all people who are homosexual first go through a phase in which their homosexuality is ego dystonic." (DSM-III-R) " http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbpolicy/orient.html That psychologists 'do not knowingly participate in or condone unfair discriminatory practices' (Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, American Psychological Association, 1992, Principle D, p. 1600); andThat 'in their work-related activities, psychologists do not engage in unfair discrimination based on...sexual orientation' (Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, American Psychological Association, 1992, Standard 1.10, p. 1601) Which all of the gay change organizations say that being gay is something to be cured. http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/reptherapy.pdf "The movement to change gay men and lesbians into heterosexuals through so-called conversion therapy or reparative therapy is founded on the discredited view that homosexuality is a mental illness, is not based on scientific data, and uses practices that whose ethics have been questioned by the mainstream mental health profession." "For every story about someone whose sexual orientation was supposedly converted to heterosexuality, there are many other reports of people who tried unsuccesfully to change and who endure a great deal of psychological pain and suffering in the process." I'm sure if there was a non biased organization, (which means they would also be looking to change str8s orientation, etc.) based on real scientific studies, the APA would do peer reviewed studies on it. The only reason they haven't is because the reparative therapies are biased. Which goes against there code of conduct. There has been no real scientific claims that say it can be successfully changed. The vote was won over by more than half of the members and that was 1973 when alot of psychologists were still relying on biased information. It is only an assumption. Anyone can say things like that to fit their view. Racists say the fall of rome was because of inter-racial marriages. There isn't any reason to believe homosexuality would cause any harm. It is a form of love. Yes exactly, 1 year later GRID was renamed AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) because it was found that anybody could get it just as much as gay people can. Later they knew that is was uncareful sex that spread it when straight people started to get it. http://www.aids101.com/timeline1.html Yes that risk is for Str8 & Gay people. |
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