<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - conversion-therapy</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/conversion-therapy</link><description>Newsvine - conversion-therapy</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:34:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:19:55 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Bill Aiming To Ban Gay Conversion Therapy For Minors To Be Introduced In New York</title>
<description><![CDATA[A bill is to be introduced in the New York state legislature which will ban conversion therapy for minors; a similar bill has recently passed in California, although its implementation has been delayed while a federal courts rules on the challenges to it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ErinNJ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ErinNJ]]></source><link>http://elmo5159.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17959264-bill-aiming-to-ban-gay-conversion-therapy-for-minors-to-be-introduced-in-new-york</link><guid>http://elmo5159.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17959264-bill-aiming-to-ban-gay-conversion-therapy-for-minors-to-be-introduced-in-new-york</guid><category>politics</category><category>change</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>homosexual</category><category>lgbt</category><category>sexual-orientation</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>sexual-orientation-change-efforts</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:33:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=elmo51591FAC49B0-B0B8-6276-9092-6D502F491E53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=elmo51591FAC49B0-B0B8-6276-9092-6D502F491E53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Ex-Gay' Organization Loses Tax-Exempt Status</title>
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the IRS has yanked the non-profit status of the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality&mdash;commonly known as NARTH. Warren Throckmorton points out that the organization was notified of its loss of tax exempt status this week, but apparently lost th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17287611-ex-gay-organization-loses-tax-exempt-status</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17287611-ex-gay-organization-loses-tax-exempt-status</guid><category>usa</category><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>homosexual</category><category>glbt</category><category>lgbt</category><category>queer</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>narth</category><category>national-association-for-the-research-and-therapy-of-homosexuality</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:47:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gay 'Conversion Therapy' Faces Tests in Courts: In New Jersey Former Patients Sue Therapists, While In California Conservative Groups Try To Block Law Banning Treatment Of Minors</title>
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In New Jersey on Tuesday, four gay men who tried the therapy filed a civil suit against a prominent counseling group, charging it with deceptive practices under the state&rsquo;s Consumer Fraud Act.
The former clients said they were emotionally scarred by false promises of inn&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15508299-gay-conversion-therapy-faces-tests-in-courts-in-new-jersey-former-patients-sue-therapists-while-in-california-conservative-groups-try-to-block-law-banning-treatment-of-minors</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15508299-gay-conversion-therapy-faces-tests-in-courts-in-new-jersey-former-patients-sue-therapists-while-in-california-conservative-groups-try-to-block-law-banning-treatment-of-minors</guid><category>us</category><category>usa</category><category>gay</category><category>california</category><category>new-jersey</category><category>united-states</category><category>mental-health</category><category>us-news</category><category>homosexual</category><category>glbt</category><category>lgbt</category><category>queer</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:27:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz76B0557E-B059-B07A-4D54-68A14C11305D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz76B0557E-B059-B07A-4D54-68A14C11305D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'I owe the Gay Community an apology': Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, noted psychiatrist, recants study on Gay 'cure'</title>
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Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, lay awake at 4 o'clock on a recent morning knowing he had to do the one thing that comes least naturally to him.
He pushed himself up and staggered into the dark. His desk seemed impossibly far aw&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/19/11771507-i-owe-the-gay-community-an-apology-dr-robert-l-spitzer-noted-psychiatrist-recants-study-on-gay-cure</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/19/11771507-i-owe-the-gay-community-an-apology-dr-robert-l-spitzer-noted-psychiatrist-recants-study-on-gay-cure</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>usa</category><category>lesbian</category><category>mental-health</category><category>us-news</category><category>psychology</category><category>homosexual</category><category>homophobia</category><category>quackery</category><category>psychiatrist</category><category>glbt</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>lgbt</category><category>queer</category><category>heterosexism</category><category>homophobic</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>heterosexist</category><category>gay-cure</category><category>ex-gay-movement</category><category>gay-gure</category><category>reorientation-therapy</category><category>robert-l-spitzer</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 19:04:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Oregon Doctor Should be Investigated for Unethical Use of Conversion Therapy | Southern Poverty Law Center</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11703715-oregon-doctor-should-be-investigated-for-unethical-use-of-conversion-therapy-southern-poverty-law-center</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11703715-oregon-doctor-should-be-investigated-for-unethical-use-of-conversion-therapy-southern-poverty-law-center</guid><category>us-news</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>american-psychiatric-association</category><category>bigots-in-america</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:03:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  California set to pass a bill to ban 'conversion therapies'</title>
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In a bill that is the first of its kind, California looks set to partially ban so-called &lsquo;conversion&rsquo; or &lsquo;reparative&rsquo; therapy that claims to &lsquo;wean people off&rsquo; their homosexuality.
The bill,&nbsp;which outlaws such therapies for minors, and r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11634520-california-set-to-pass-a-bill-to-ban-conversion-therapies</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/10/11634520-california-set-to-pass-a-bill-to-ban-conversion-therapies</guid><category>politics</category><category>california</category><category>lgbt</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:38:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364AD01FA44-5263-AEDF-264C-D302AD14F5A9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="310" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364AD01FA44-5263-AEDF-264C-D302AD14F5A9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pray Away The Gay: U.S. Wingnuts Providing Paid Staff For British Parliament Members</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Christian charity which sponsored a conference promoting the idea that gay people can be converted to heterosexuality has funded interns for an estimated 20 MPs, including some who are now ministers in the coalition government.
The Christian Action Research and Education cha&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11212670-pray-away-the-gay-us-wingnuts-providing-paid-staff-for-british-parliament-members</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11212670-pray-away-the-gay-us-wingnuts-providing-paid-staff-for-british-parliament-members</guid><category>us</category><category>conservatives</category><category>usa</category><category>gay</category><category>lesbian</category><category>great-britain</category><category>united-kingdom</category><category>photo</category><category>world-news</category><category>uk</category><category>parliament</category><category>homosexual</category><category>tories</category><category>homophobia</category><category>queer</category><category>heterosexism</category><category>homophobic</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>heterosexist</category><category>joseph-nicolosi</category><category>jpg-image</category><category>christian-action-research-and-education</category><category>national-association-for-research-and-therapy-of-homosexuality</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:57:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz4D09AEB1-7AD8-3825-B17F-D1683C4F605B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz4D09AEB1-7AD8-3825-B17F-D1683C4F605B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The wheels come off crazy Christian's 'Gay cure' bus ad campaign</title>
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DOWNRIGHT dangerous, discredited, stupid and irresponsible. That's the only way of describing persistent attempts by fundamentalist groups to change human sexual orientation. Well, to change gay people "straight", to be more precise.
Just days after the Melbourne's Sunday Age &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11184446-the-wheels-come-off-crazy-christians-gay-cure-bus-ad-campaign</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11184446-the-wheels-come-off-crazy-christians-gay-cure-bus-ad-campaign</guid><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>religion</category><category>london</category><category>lesbian</category><category>great-britain</category><category>united-kingdom</category><category>uk</category><category>psychology</category><category>homosexual</category><category>homophobia</category><category>quackery</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>queer</category><category>heterosexism</category><category>anti-gay</category><category>boris-johnson</category><category>ken-livingstone</category><category>homophobic</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>heterosexist</category><category>gay-cure</category><category>anglican-mainstream</category><category>ex-gay-movement</category><category>core-issues-trust</category><category>gay-gure</category><category>reorientation-therapy</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:40:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz5E009C51-35AF-C242-5FD9-25E47C5085C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="181" width="394" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz5E009C51-35AF-C242-5FD9-25E47C5085C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Can Therapy Help Change Sexual Orientation?  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Conversion therapy &mdash; a controversial psychotherapy that tries to help gay men and women become straight &mdash; is in the news again.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Newaya Richards]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Newaya Richards]]></source><link>http://newayarichards.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7217885-can-therapy-help-change-sexual-orientation</link><guid>http://newayarichards.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7217885-can-therapy-help-change-sexual-orientation</guid><category>education</category><category>sexual-orientation</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>controversial-psychotherapy</category><category>changes-gay-to-straight</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:34:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Michele Bachmann's Marcus Bachmann Problem | Mother Jones</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The problems don't end with the therapy, though. Marcus' fiercely  anti-gay language has itself spawned the predictable, unsubstantiated  "takes one to know one" backlash.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7026690-michele-bachmanns-marcus-bachmann-problem-mother-jones</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7026690-michele-bachmanns-marcus-bachmann-problem-mother-jones</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican</category><category>farm-subsidies</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><category>marcus-bachmann</category><category>christian-therapy-practice</category><category>christian-therapy-clinic</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jul 2011 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatB1C26DCB-EB2C-955A-E4EE-1B674A03DC07.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatB1C26DCB-EB2C-955A-E4EE-1B674A03DC07.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Gay cure' therapist found guilty of malpractice</title>
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They described her as "reckless", "disrespectful", "dogmatic" and  "unprofessional". They said she showed "no empathy" towards her client.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/29/6743445-gay-cure-therapist-found-guilty-of-malpractice</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/29/6743445-gay-cure-therapist-found-guilty-of-malpractice</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>health</category><category>gay</category><category>lesbian</category><category>mental-health</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>counseling</category><category>uk-news</category><category>homophobia</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>queer</category><category>heterosexism</category><category>psychotherapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>lesley-pilkington</category><category>british-association-for-counselling-and-psychotherapy</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 19:18:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In the Closet with Pastor Ted</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pastoral trysts with twinks are blamed on everything from queer demons, to weak flesh, to tests of faith. The most obvious reason- "I'm gay"- seems unthinkable.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jedipunk]]></source><link>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5315631-in-the-closet-with-pastor-ted</link><guid>http://jedipunk.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5315631-in-the-closet-with-pastor-ted</guid><category>religion</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>anti-gay</category><category>ted-haggard</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>pillars-of-faith</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:15:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>International conference of Christian 'homosexual cure' advocates sparks protests</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gay campaigners began a weekend of protests last night against an international conference in Belfast which promotes the controversial claim that homosexuality can be "cured" using psychotherapy and prayer. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/20/3925344-international-conference-of-christian-homosexual-cure-advocates-sparks-protests</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/20/3925344-international-conference-of-christian-homosexual-cure-advocates-sparks-protests</guid><category>gay</category><category>religion</category><category>lesbian</category><category>homosexual</category><category>evangelical-christians</category><category>glbt</category><category>lgbt</category><category>queer</category><category>christian-right</category><category>ex-gay</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>core-issues</category><category>mario-bergner</category><category>stop-conversion-therapy-taskforce</category><category>patrick-strudwick</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:29:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The war on 'cures' for homosexuality: the bizarre world of 'gay-to-straight conversion'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two articles by the same author: 
The war on 'cures' for homosexuality]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3874313-the-war-on-cures-for-homosexuality-the-bizarre-world-of-gay-to-straight-conversion</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3874313-the-war-on-cures-for-homosexuality-the-bizarre-world-of-gay-to-straight-conversion</guid><category>health</category><category>gay</category><category>lesbian</category><category>mental-health</category><category>psychology</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>homosexual</category><category>uk-news</category><category>psychiatry</category><category>queer</category><category>ex-gay</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:59:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Religious right tries to smear the American Psychological Association for its stand against reparative therapy for Gays &amp; Lesbians</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Not happy with the American Psychological Association (APA) coming out against reparative (ex-gay) therapy, some religious right members are now accusing the organization of bias and "approving of pedophilia."  Religious right online publication Lifesite News has come out with &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/22/3180649-religious-right-tries-to-smear-the-american-psychological-association-for-its-stand-against-reparative-therapy-for-gays-lesbians</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/22/3180649-religious-right-tries-to-smear-the-american-psychological-association-for-its-stand-against-reparative-therapy-for-gays-lesbians</guid><category>us</category><category>gay</category><category>gays</category><category>lesbian</category><category>mental-health</category><category>us-news</category><category>psychology</category><category>homosexual</category><category>religious-right</category><category>glbt</category><category>queer</category><category>counselors</category><category>gay-community</category><category>psychologists</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>american-psychological-association</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:43:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Response to Reparative Therapy for Gays</title>
<description><![CDATA[He came to see me as a middle-aged man.  He was suffering from social anxiety.  As we worked through his fear of connecting with others, a significant, unidentified issue emerged - he was conflicted about his sexual identity.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James P. Krehbiel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James P. Krehbiel]]></source><link>http://jkboardroomsuites.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/31/2379609-a-response-to-reparative-therapy-for-gays</link><guid>http://jkboardroomsuites.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/31/2379609-a-response-to-reparative-therapy-for-gays</guid><category>health</category><category>gays</category><category>authenticity</category><category>counselors</category><category>gay-community</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>betrayal-reparative-therapy</category><category>real-self</category><category>therapeutic-bias</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Feb 2009 03:47:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjkboardroomsuites2F2379664.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fjkboardroomsuites2F2379664.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">fl|ccatt|http://www.flickr.com/people/felixfrancier/|Felix Francis</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Controversial billboard promoting Ex-Gay Therapy lasts three days</title>
<description><![CDATA[A controversial billboard along I-19 has been taken down three days after going up. The ad created anger among the gay community and many others.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ghostbuck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ghostbuck]]></source><link>http://ghostbuck.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/18/2226068-controversial-billboard-promoting-ex-gay-therapy-lasts-three-days</link><guid>http://ghostbuck.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/18/2226068-controversial-billboard-promoting-ex-gay-therapy-lasts-three-days</guid><category>arizona</category><category>advertising</category><category>clear-channel</category><category>us-news</category><category>tucson</category><category>lgbt</category><category>ex-gay</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>gay-issues</category><category>p-fox</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:12:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stonewall Strategy</title>
<description><![CDATA[CONFIDENTIAL MEMO
 
FROM:         EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JON HOADLEY
TO:              STONEWALL DEMOCRATS

SUBJECT:    ELECTION STRATEGY

John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin demonstrates that the Republican Party is still the party of James Dobson and Pat Robertson.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PowerIsKnowledge]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PowerIsKnowledge]]></source><link>http://powerisknowledge.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/23/2031300-stonewall-strategy</link><guid>http://powerisknowledge.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/23/2031300-stonewall-strategy</guid><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>lesbian</category><category>james-dobson</category><category>republican-party</category><category>pat-robertson</category><category>bible-belt</category><category>bisexual</category><category>homosexuals</category><category>palin</category><category>election-strategy</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>transgender-rights</category><category>wasilla-bible-church</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:20:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nature vs. Nurture: Research &amp; Ideology Clash in Search for Roots of Homosexuality</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, there have been countless theories and studies seeking to find some sort of biological or genetic factor that might play a role in determining sexual orientation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cody-123827]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cody-123827]]></source><link>http://lyoncody.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/08/1286048-nature-vs-nurture-research-ideology-clash-in-search-for-roots-of-homosexuality</link><guid>http://lyoncody.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/08/1286048-nature-vs-nurture-research-ideology-clash-in-search-for-roots-of-homosexuality</guid><category>us-news</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>genetics-and-homosexuality</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2008 04:14:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The &quot;Success&quot; of Ex-Gay Therapy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The American Family Association's news outlet has a commentary by someone named Ed Vitagliano about a new book on ex-gay therapy. The book is called Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation and it is written by Stanton L.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[spiffie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[spiffie]]></source><link>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/15/1230145-the-success-of-ex-gay-therapy</link><guid>http://spiffie.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/15/1230145-the-success-of-ex-gay-therapy</guid><category>politics</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>christianity</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><category>exodus-international</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:56:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Ex-Gays' Seek a Say in Schools</title>
<description><![CDATA[-- Over the last decade, gay-rights activists have pushed programs to support gay and lesbian students in public schools. Their success is striking:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Irma]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Irma]]></source><link>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/28/232357-ex-gays-seek-a-say-in-schools</link><guid>http://irma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/05/28/232357-ex-gays-seek-a-say-in-schools</guid><category>religion</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>homosexuality</category><category>homophobia</category><category>sexuality</category><category>ex-gay</category><category>reparative-therapy</category><category>conservative-christianity</category><category>conversion-therapy</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>