Reparative Therapy

  • True confessions

    Men who have been through "ex-gay" Christian ministries share their stories. While some insist they have overcome homosexuality, others say they were driven to attempt suicide.
    July 21, 2005

  • Getting straight with God

    The Rev. J. Grace Harley used to be a lesbian who posed as a man to marry a woman. Now she has overcome cocaine and "little hot-to-trot women" and is speaking out to save homosexual sinners.
    By Mark Benjamin July 20, 2005

  • My gay therapy session

    To find out how "reparative therapy" works, I pretended to be gay. My licensed Christian therapist explained to me why homosexuality is a mental disorder, what the "Wizard of Oz principle" is, and why kids who can't "hit the ball or fire the gun" are more likely to be gay.
    By Mark Benjamin July 19, 2005

  • Turning off gays

    A loose network of Christian ministries and social workers, with the blessing of the political right, are putting gays and lesbians on the couch, determined to "cure" them.
    By Mark Benjamin July 18, 2005

  • The war over Dr. Laura

    A gay activist boycott of the conservative radio host backfires when the religious right jumps in.
    By Kerry Lauerman June 20, 2000
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