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Today In WTF: Pastor Uses Horse Therapy To “Cure” Gayness

Ami AngelowiczJanuary 2, 2013 //
"Gay Conversion" BS
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Psychiatrist retracts BS "gay conversion" therapy study. Read More »
Ex-Gay Therapy Joke
Bachmann made an insensitive quip about ex-gay therapy. Read More »
Gay Scaremongering
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This gay marriage scaremongering ad is so bad it's good. Read More »
WTF?

In my opinion, all  gay conversion therapy is absolutely ridiculous and deeply ignorant and as an ally, I find it offensive. Also, it’s been deemed “dangerous and abusive”  by the World Health Organization and the state of California has banned its use on minors. But, yet, it continues to happen. Horse therapy may be the most asinine form of anti-gay therapy I’ve heard of.

Pastor Raymond Bell, of the Cowboy Church of Virginia (yee haw!), believes that Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP), “reparative” sessions spent stroking horses, can assist in the “curing” of  the “addiction” to homosexuality. No details about what kind of “stroking” happens during EAP sessions, but Bell insists that his church’s horses help encourage gay men to be more masculine. (What does that even mean!?) Keep reading »

Psychiatrist Retracts BS “Gay Conversion Therapy” Study

Tiffanie DraytonApril 13, 2012 //
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Being Gay Is A Choice
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So says Cynthia Nixon, who has been both gay and straight. Read More »

In my favorite scene from the movie “Bruno,” Bruno (a gay fashion reporter and wannabe superstar from Austria) sat down with a Christian “gay converter” to learn how he could turn himself heterosexual. He was advised to go hunting with three straight Southern dudes, who ended up chasing him down with a gun after he showed up naked, pack of condoms in hand, to one of their tents because a “bear had eaten everything.” He then attended a swingers party to familiarize himself with hetero sex. While there, he happily demonstrated several sex positions with another man but dived out of a window trying to escape a kinky woman. When he realized that his treatment wasn’t working, he sought another “ex-gay” counselor who basically told him he may never actually like women because they are “too weak and nag too much,” but he should at least “give women a chance.” Bruno tried desperately, but after many failed attempts, he just accepted that he liked dudes and there was nothing he could do about it.

Bruno, don’t take your failure personally. Keep reading »

Ex-Gay “Cuddle Therapy” Sounds Suspiciously Gay

Jessica WakemanAugust 3, 2011 //

Most of the things bigots do are just plain sad. Take “ex-gay therapy,” for example. A bunch of quacks claim that homosexuals can be “cured” of their same-sex attraction through what they call “gay aversion therapy,” but which is really just shaming and guilt-tripping. “Ex-gay therapy” is roundly criticized by actual psychologists. You can read all about the American Psychological Association’s distaste for gay aversion therapy here. But that has not stopped its practitioners — including Michele Bachmann’s husband! — from providing the service. Frequently these “ex-gay therapies” are run by religious individuals or organizations and the practice is euphemistically referring to as “praying the gay away.”

But sometimes, thank God, these very same bigots are hilariously funny. Take, for instance, when “ex-gay therapy” involves getting cuddled by a bunch of dudes. Keep reading »