Lifesite News ran an article by Linda Ames Nicolosi summarizing a research report by Morten Frisch and Anders Hviid. I covered this research last month. While I believe the research points to the potential influence of environmental factors broadly speaking, I think the Lifesite article overstates some of the findings. Mrs. Nicolosi correctly notes the…

Pretty clear expression of the constructionist perspective on homosexuality from Britisher Peter Tatchell.

I briefly discussed this effect in my social psychology class yesterday. I was not sure about the nonviolent game effect although I speculated that these games might also turn off the prefrontal cortex. According to this research, apparently not to same degree. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 29 /Standard Newswire/ — Adolescents who play violent video games may…

As I indicated in two recent MPA-NEWS articles, MPA was asked by APA last month if it would co-sign an amicus curiae brief on a case that is pending before the Maryland Court of Appeals. In the case (Deane & Polyak et al. v. Conaway et al.), the plaintiffs asserted that the state’s prohibition of same-sex marriage violated the Maryland Declaration of Rights. In January, Baltimore Circuit Judge M. Brooke Murdock ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, writing that the prohibition “discriminates, based on gender against a suspect class, and is not narrowly tailored to serve any compelling governmental interests.”

I spoke with Dave Pruden this evening and asked him about the recent changes at NARTH. Dave was quite open about some changes that were announced at the conference. He noted that Dr. Nicolosi’s term as NARTH president will actually end at the 2007 conference in Dallas. At that time, president-elect Byrd will assume the…