A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
Today’s Oprah Winfrey Show gave Mr. Haggard a lot of time to describe his sexuality. Haggard’s wife joins him in this segment where they discuss ambiguities of sexual identity. It is notable that he says he was not cured because he doesn’t view his same-sex attraction as a sickness. Also, he believes his SSA is … Continue reading “Oprah Winfrey discusses sexual identity with Ted & Gayle Haggard”
UPDATE, 5/6/10: This just in from NARTH NARTH RESPONDS TO THE RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE OF DR. GEORGE REKERS The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is a professional scientific organization with hundreds of academic, research, and clinical members dedicated to assisting individuals dealing with unwanted homosexual attractions. While NARTH is focused … Continue reading “NARTH denies statement on George Rekers – UPDATED”
Today, Oprah and Mr. & Mrs. Ted Haggard on Oprah. If you can’t watch, check out the pics and narration on the Oprah website. Not sure I’ll see it. Let’s make this an open forum on the program and all things Haggard…
AP’s David Crary covers the Haggard issue with comments from the usual suspects. This article covers some of the same ground as the Denver Post article on November 12. I was struck by a couple of points in this article. There was a certain dogmatism to the APA commenters. Doug Haldeman said there is nothing … Continue reading “Another article regarding Haggard and reparative therapy”
Since it was so much fun last year, I decided to compile a top ten list of stories of the year on the blog. Since I am the only voter, the list is subjective and regular readers might arrange them differently or think I should have included another story over one of these. The stories are … Continue reading “Year in review: Top Ten Stories from 2007”