Year: 2007

The hearings regarding the nomination of James Holsinger open today and promise to be contentious. I will not be able to follow them but as news comes out about his remarks and the questioning, readers, please feel free to post links, quotes and comments.

At the opening, Dr. Holsinger disputed the attacks on his view of homosexuality. No word as yet on the 1991 paper.

UPDATE: Dr. Holsinger says the 1991 paper regarding homosexuality and pathology does not represent his current views.

David Crary of the AP has an article out today about the APA task force on sexual orientation policies.

In this article, David Crary refers to a letter signed by numerous Christian groups and individuals. I am attaching the letter and signers. This is a broad spectrum of people agreeing to only what is written in the letter here. One possible misinterpretation of the Crary article is that the signers of the letter were seeking APA’s recognition of reparative therapy. Not so. If that were the case, I would not have been involved with this. However, the request to the APA is pretty simple: let’s meet and discuss the same-sex attracted constituents represented by the signers. To regular readers of this blog, this will all sound very familiar.

UPDATE: 7/12/07 – The Christian Post published a follow up article today.

Michael Glatze has more to say about his story on World Net Daily today.

UPDATE: Michelangelo Signorile interviewed Paul Schindler of the Gay City News about Michael Glatze today. Mr. Schindler talked with Michael and said that Michael indeed an up and coming leader among young gays. Further, Mr. Schindler revealed that Michael backed out of the Paula Zahn Show and today’s Signorile radio show because he prayed about it and did not believe he would get a fair hearing.

There was some extensive discussion of Michael’s explanation for his development of same-sex attraction. According to Schindler, Glatze told him that he had “undifferentiated sexual feelings” when he was 14 and then a friend explained to him about homosexuality and the gay world. Glatze said this influenced the object of his sexual desire toward boys.

On the issue of the LDS church, Schindler said, “I asked him about that” meaning the reports of conversion and Michael reportedly said these reports are not accurate. According to Schindler, Michael is conversing with someone at the CWA to select the right Christian sect. Look for a report from Schindler on Gay City News late tonight or tomorrow.

UPDATE #2 – The Christian Post explores Mr. Glatze’s statement about faith today.

UPDATE #3 – 7/11/07 – GayCity News has a lengthy interview with Mr. Glatze. It covers a lot of the same ground we have been discussing here but adds some detail.

Wayne Besen is reporting that he will “debate” Michael Glatze and Charlene Cothran tonight on the Paula Zahn Now show at 8pm. I put debate in quotes because the format of the show rarely allows much time for any substantial give and take — mostly sound bites and zingers. But it might make Crossfire fans yearn for the return of the show.

UPDATE: TWO is now reporting that the segment has been cancelled or postponed.

When last we heard from Richard Cohen, he wrote to me a letter of apology for his appearance of the Daily Show. Back in April, Richard wrote again to tell me that he had given up his counseling practice and was limiting his work to teaching and speaking.

He has a new video out on YouTube that summarizes his history and promotes his work. From the video, one might think he is still seeing clients. However, on his website the promo states about Cohen: “Recently, he retired from counseling to focus on public speaking and training other professionals.”

On this media page, he provides a list of questions and answers about his history and work. There are a number of debatable points but we have covered most of them before.

Although he has retired from counseling, he has certified a few sexual reorientation coaches.

So the beat goes on at IHF. Mr. Cohen is no longer counseling, he is now coaching.