Posted on 06/28/2013 3:32:52 AM PDT by nikos1121
In 1973, The American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed homosexuality as a mental disorder from the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-II).
This decision was a significant victory for homosexual activists and they have continued to claim that the APA based their decision on new scientific discoveries that proved that homosexual behavior is normal and should be affirmed in our culture.
This is false and part of numerous homosexual urban legends that have infiltrated every aspect of our culture. The removal of homosexuality as a mental disorder has given homosexual activists credibility in the culture, and they have demanded that their sexual behavior be affirmed in society.
What Really Happened?
Numerous psychiatrists over the past decades have described what forces were really at work both inside and outside of the American Psychiatric Association,and what led to the removal of homosexuality as a mental disorder.
Dr. Ronald Bayer, a pro-homosexual psychiatrist has described what actually occured in his book, Homosexuality and American Psychiatry: The Politics of Diagnoses. (1981)
Chapter 4, "Diagnostic Politics: Homosexuality and the American Psychiatric Association," Dr. Bayer says that the first attack by homosexual activists against the APA began in 1970 when this organization held its convention in San Francisco. Homosexual activists decided to disrupt the conference by interrupting speakers and shouting down and ridiculing psychiatrists who viewed homosexuality as a mental disorder. In 1971, homosexual activist Frank Kameny worked with the Gay Liberation Front collective to demonstrate against the APA's convention. At the 1971 conference, Kamney grabbed the microphone and yelled, "Psychiatry is the enemy incarnate. Psychiatry has waged a relentless war of extermination against us. You may take this as a decleration of war against you."
Homosexuals forged APA credentials and threatened anyone who claimed that homosexuals needed to be cured.
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I'm the OTHER kind of doctor (PhD)... as I like to say, the work I do makes the work you do possible.
I read about some research recently that suggests that homosexuality in men may be the result of epigenetic changes that occur during fetal development. These are caused by a high level of maternal hormones. It is intriguing, and I would like to see whether additional research supports that mechanism.
As you say, homosexuality is probably similar to addictive behavior. I think that the more drugs addicts use, the more they change their epigenetic profile. This makes the addiction deeper, and also causes physical changes in the brain.
Since epigenetic modification does not actually change the DNA sequence, I think that it should be possible to figure out how to reverse those modifications and effect a cure.
The left can't actually block research. They may be able to influence the NIH not to fund research into sexually related mental illness, but they cannot stop private foundations from funding that kind of research.
They are exceedingly rare. A recent study that caused a lot of stir was from the University of Texas (I think) that looked at parenting results of straight vs. gay. The preface of the study noted how very difficult is was to find gay couples that stayed together long enough to be comparable to a straight couple in raising children.
Yes, I remember reading about that. Detractors of the study complained that the study was biased because it didn’t include a statistically significant number of children raised exclusively by gay couples with long-term relationships analogous to those of nuclear families. It didn’t seem to occur to them that perhaps the reason that study group was too small was that there are so few subjects who meet the inclusion criteria.
Excellent post. Chastity Bono, like other mentally ill people, is a product of her environment. If someone thinks Cher is a stable mom, they don’t know Cher.
We won’t fully cure homosexuality until we better understand its epigenetic and environmental causes. How much of it is simply reinforcement or even imprinting?
Excellent and the word must be spread. Even liberals know how it happened:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/204/81-Words
That radio show is a favorite of mine, particularly to share with liberal friends. They don’t accept news or facts from other sources.
Placemark for pingout.
Okay...I read you all loud and clear, but a couple points.
The defense was jumping around high fiving that they’ve got the case one...I listen to the first prosecutors witnesses, and I’m thinking the same thing...THIS CASE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO TRIAL.
Surely the jury will acquit him, but the media and your Jesse Jackson’s and your Geraldo’s are saying that “the star witness stood firm!”
What all are saying is the truth. If you map out Zimmerman’s movement’s and MArtin’s it looks like Martin went home....then doubled back.
Secondly, how can any reasaonble thinking person listening to the eye witness who saw Martin hitting Zimmerman not come to the conclusion that Martin instigated this, and it was self defense. I think even Derchowitz said it should never have gone to trial.
The judge should stop the trial, because it is obvious at this point....but she won’t.
Oops! I posted to the wrong thread. Would help if I had my glasses on.
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