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Dan Gilgoff, blogger at US News and World Report, is fascinated by the stance taken by Alan Chambers in his new book, Leaving Homosexuality. What striking is that Chambers is not promoting so-called conversion therapy, which some religious conservatives claim can convert gays and lesbians to a straight sexual orientation.…
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In light of conversations on the Exodus-PFOX thread, I thought it might be good to review a past mainstream media article that brought SIT more into the mainstream conversation. The LA Times article now titled “Approaching agreement in debate over homosexuality” by Stephanie Simon (now with the Wall Street Journal)…
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It’s not Kumbayah, but Ann will be happy…
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Here is a story about a young man who may have entered an ex-gay program. I am not going to comment much at this point as the details are still fuzzy. One side, a former boyfriend and activist looking to make a name for himself, say the young man was…
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Class, when you see the phrase “new scientific research,” what comes to mind? What would you expect to read? What would make you think, ‘hey look there – new scientific research’? What is New. Scientific. Research?
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Reid says health care reform won’t happen before the August recess. From Politico: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that the Senate would not attempt to pass sweeping health care reform until after returning from the August recess. “It’s better to get a product that’s based on quality and…
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Just a brief post – The Mayo Clinic has been touted by the President but the clinic has come out against the House proposal. I don’t deny the need for rational health insurance policy but I am very nervous that the White House is pushing the process too quickly. Doing…
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According to Exodus President, Alan Chambers, you won’t be able to find this reference to PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-gays and Gays) on the Exodus website much longer. Within the last couple of weeks, PFOX gave up affiliation with Exodus. While Chambers declined to give reasons for the PFOX…
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Several new twin studies have been published over the past several months. A new one, just published on the Archives of Sexual Behavior website, deals with sexual orientation and neuroticism and psychoticism (more about that study in a future post). One of the co-authors of this new paper is J.…
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Eleven years ago, I wrote a brief history of health insurance for the Journal of Psychology and Christianity (“Managed care: It’s like deja vu all over again,” 1998, vol. 17, 131-141) as a part of special issue on managed behavioral health care. I thought of that article this past week…
