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The other APA (the psychologists) has now commented on the appointment of Ken Zucker to the psychiatrist’s APA DSM task force. American Psychological Association Office of Public Affairs (202) 336-5700 [email protected] Statement on Gender Identity Disorder and the Planned Revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual May 2008 There has…
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Note to Sally Kern, the real threat to this nation is a Dunkin’ Donut commercial. Just because now and then we need to see what the rest of blogosphere is buzzing about. Makes our conversations seem so insignificant, eh?
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There appears to be a growing schism within LGBT circles regarding the APA appointments of Kenneth Zucker and Ray Blanchard to the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Work Group (see the APA statement here). Today, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force issued a press release calling Zucker and Blanchard…
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Part of the chorus of dissent bringing down the recent APA symposium was an April 24 article in the Gay City News, called “Junk Science on Stage.” In that article, some false claims were made about sexual identity therapy and my work. I addessed themhere on the blog recently. Generally,…
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Testing the intersection of religious liberty and child protection, the state of Texas removed over 460 children from a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in April, 2008. Today, an appeals court said the state of Texas was in error given that Texas law requires imminent…
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We have been talking about it just about non-stop here and MSNBC’s Brian Alexander takes a look at the GID-DSM controversy in this piece – “What’s ‘normal’ sex? Shrinks seek definition.”
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Of all the things that could be covered, I am surprised that FOXNews picked up on this story. Here is a situation where the First Amendment Center guidelines would be helpful I think…
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Just for fun…I think I have found another band I like. Coldplay meets Collective Soul. Haunting melodies, crisp vocals and nice layers in the music make this a song I like hearing over and over again. The lyrics reminisce a feeling of being stuck and getting ready to make a…
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Yesterday, WorldNetDaily filed a report about Mission America’s efforts to keep kids out of school on the Day of Silence. I noted that the WND article reproduced the Golden Rule Pledge card and called it a “popular poster used to promote the Day of Silence.” However, reading further, I became…
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I couldn’t think of a good title for this one so I just assembled the players, so to speak. Check out this Worldnetdaily article banging away at the Day of Silence and then scroll about half way down the page and check out the “popular poster used to promote the…
