There is a 2012 28-minute short film, posted on YouTube by
Tim Urso, titled “’Curing’ Gays: Understanding Conversion Therapy”.
The film (in a narrower aspect ratio) covers the whole topic
of “reparative therapy”, which a few states have outlawed for minors. Most recently, Oregon introduced a bill doing
so.
One mother describes kicking her son out, due to her
religious convictions, and then sobbed that four months later he was gone, to
suicide. A fair part of the film
interviewed a young man named Sam and is experiences with the mechanics and
after effects of “aversion therapy”.
Many former proponents are mentioned, such as James Dobson (“Focus
on the Family” and “Love Won Out”), Joseph Nicolosi, NARTH, and Exodus
International. (I have a review of a rather caustic book by Nicolosi on the Books blog, Jan. 21, 2009; but he has been on Dr. Phil before!)
The decision by the American Psychiatric Association to
delist homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973 is presented (link).
Brief clips from a number of films are shown, including “Latter
Days” (2003, by C. Jay Cox, in which a Mormon young man is subjected to
aversion therapy when he is caught (I saw that film at Reel Affirmations a
number of years ago.
The link for the film is here.
Below is a little clip about the 1973 APA change. This did not help me, as my expulsion from
thr Colelge of William and Mary as a freshman had happened in November
1961.
Again, we’re left wondering why, in a democratic society,
even in the 50s, mainstream America made private lifestyles their
business. It was more threatening not to
have children at all than to have a child out of wedlock or cheat on a
marriage. I have a Wordpress posting on
the question here.
Had I made this film, I might have titled it differently, as the title, out of context, suggests advocacy. I might have called it "The Sad and Shameful History of Conversion Therapy".
Had I made this film, I might have titled it differently, as the title, out of context, suggests advocacy. I might have called it "The Sad and Shameful History of Conversion Therapy".
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