http://dir.salon.com/topics/reparative_therapy/?source=rss&aim=reparative_therapy en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:07:00 PDT Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/21/ex_gays/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/21/ex_gays/index.html?source=rss 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. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/20/grace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/20/grace/index.html?source=rss 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 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/19/gaytherapy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/19/gaytherapy/index.html?source=rss 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 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/18/ungay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/18/ungay/index.html?source=rss 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 Kerry Lauerman Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/20/schlessinger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/20/schlessinger/index.html?source=rss A gay activist boycott of the conservative radio host backfires when the religious right jumps in.