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from Political News
Reparative Therapy Foe Running
For APA Presidency
November 15 -
Dr. Jack Drescher, a gay psychiatrist and head of the American Psychiatric
Association's Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues is running for the
presidency of the APA for 2006.
Dr. Drescher has been a vocal opponent of reparative therapy and ex-gay
ministries such as Exodus International and PFOX. He has said of ex-gay
ministries, "They can mask it in the language of love all they want, but it's
about revulsion and hatred of homosexuality."
Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International said that Drescher's election
as APA president could mean dark days ahead. According to Chambers, "I'm very
concerned that our culture is being fed misinformation and that people are
reacting in a way that is detrimental to our religious liberties. Today he's
equating reparative therapy and a client's right to self-determination with a
quack cure for homosexuality, which is absolutely not true."
APA member, Dr. Peter Hill has noted that the APA president can't
single-handedly ban reparative therapy, but "he will have much influence on what
actually gets out to the floor and how it's being presented to the council of
reps."
Updated: 13 March 2008
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