Topic “Therapy”

The American Psychological Association Finally Repudiates Gay-to-Straight Therapies

OK psych nuts, prepare to get excited. According to a recent article by the Associated Press, the American Psychological Association (or APA), which is the pre-eminent society and basically ruling body of psychology in the US, has released a report officially denouncing gay-to-straight therapies. This is huge, because there are a couple things to get from this. So, fellow psychology majors, and fellow argument/debate lovers, listen up. This is going to be fun.

First off, let's get links out of the way:
Google News
APA Summary
The Full-On No-Holds-Barred Report

There we go. Now, what does this really mean to you and I? Let me point you to two specific things that this report states:

"...the research and clinical literature demonstrate that same-sex sexual and romantic attractions, feelings, and behaviors are normal and positive variations of human sexuality, regardless of sexual orientation identity..."

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