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For the last couple of weeks, Kevin Jennings has been at the center of controversy over his handling of a high school boy who came to him for advice about involvement with an older man. More recently, conservative bloggers have been attempting to make connections between Kevin Jennings and Harry…
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President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize OSLO – The Nobel Committee stunned the world today by awarding US President, Barack Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize. Committee chair, Thorbjoern Jagland, said it was kind of a consolation prize since Chicago didn’t win the 2016 Olympic games. “We just all felt sorry for…
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Michael Glatze is back and according to one of the blog posts he left up, he is ready to “rumble.” Glatze caused quite a stir in July, 2007 when he announced that the former Young Gay America editor had gone straight. He was interviewed by NARTH’s Joe Nicolosi in addition to…
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The current American Psychological Association Monitor briefly reports on the August report from the Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. Not much new here for regular readers of the blog. The big news in my view was the treatment of religion which did not get as much coverage…
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At least, I think Alfie’s Home is the book meant by the following PFOX (Parents and Friends of Exgays) news release: “Ex-gay books are also not made available in many community public libraries,” said Griggs. “The libraries in West Bend and Beaver Dam, Wisconsin will not accept our donation of…
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(This post from occasional contributor, clinical psychologist David Blakeslee, covers some similar territory as conservative gay blogger, GayPatriot on the Kevin Jennings controversy.) I have been a bit agitated lately, it is probably my own problem, but instead of being internally ruminative about such sensations I decided to find some object…
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As noted here two days ago, Kevin Jennings made a statement regarding a student’s disclosure of involvement with an older man while Jennings was a teacher at Concord Academy. Here again is the statement: Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this situation differently. I…
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The recent American Psychological Association task force report on sexual orientation and psychotherapy included several positive references to the SITF. I have archived those on the SITF website and am providing two here with brief commentary. The abstract of the sexual identity therapy framework (SITF) says Sexual identity conflicts are among…
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The Brody file at CBN is reporting a statement from Kevin Jennings regarding Brewster/Robertson/Thompson: “Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this situation differently. I should have asked for more information and consulted legal or medical authorities. Teachers back then had little training or guidance…
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Back in the spring, I wrote an article on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS). The disorder has opened my eyes to the potential role of bacteria in mental illness. Recently, the Today Show did a segment on PANDAS with a remarkable case of a boy attending school at…
