Gays and the APA?

This article accuses gay activists of:

... infiltrating influential professional groups and in the process, using bad science to turn them into political propaganda machines.

It claims:

Once a highly respected organization, the American Psychological Association now appears to be a front for the gay movement. Former President of the APA, Dr. Nicholas Cummings, takes exception with the group'’s stance on some very political issues.

"Any scientific professional organization should not speak as a scientific professional organization unless it has psychological evidence."

The eminent Dr. Nicholas Cummings obviously has strong ties to the ex-gay movement, in large part through his involvement with NARTH, an organization comprised of:

A wide variety of men and women who defend the right to pursue change of sexual orientation.

According to its website, the organization believes that:

• This right-to-change is currently under threat by all of the leading mental-health professional organizations.
• Homosexuality is not "inborn".

The so-called reparative therapy advocated by organizations like NARTH is inherently evil and destructive.

Think about it: why would a gay person want to stop being gay?

There are probably a lot of answers, which may seem different. Ultimately, though, being a gay person and living in our homophobic society can be very difficult. Unfortunately, not everyone has the strength to put up with the shit that we must face.

The real problem is society's fear and hatred of gays.

Rather than address this problem, the so-called professionals associated with NARTH and groups like it treat the symptom by brainwashing their gay victims into thinking they've changed their sexual orientation. These so-called professionals are monsters that prey on the fears and doubts that arise from growing up gay in our homophobic society. Worse, their attitudes and actions perpetuate the misconception that homosexuality is a pathological condition that should be treated.

These hypocritical monsters have the cajones to accuse gays of turning scientific organizations, like the APA, into propaganda machines, when they have created organizations, like NARTH, that spew their own hateful propaganda.

The dictionary defines malpractice as the "Improper or negligent treatment of a patient, as by a physician, resulting in injury, damage, or loss."

Think about it...


see also:

• American Psychological Association
• American Psychiatric Association
  

tags: homosexuality, homosexual, gay, homophobia