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Subject: Respond to anti-gay Cindy at Christian Times


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Date Posted: 12:24:04 04/21/05 Thu
In reply to: 以利達 's message, "【終於出手:我們為甚麼發起「反對性傾向歧視立法運動」?(關啟文)】" on 17:24:52 04/19/05 Tue

http://www.christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=28572&Pid=1&Version=0&Cid=146&Charset=big5_hkscs

Of course, I would trust APA more than Spitzer. I think most people would be like me and try to have a more balanced view instead of insisting based on personal bias.

APA is not the only professional body that condemned this kind of treatment for gays.

American Medical Association
"Most of the emotional disturbance experienced by gay men and lesbians around their sexual identity is not based on physiological causes but rather is due more to a sense of alienation in an unaccepting environment. For this reason, aversion therapy (a behavioral or medical intervention which pairs unwanted behavior, in this case, homosexual behavior, with unpleasant sensations or aversive consequences) is no longer recommended for gay men and lesbians. Through psychotherapy, gay men and lesbians can become comfortable with their sexual orientation and understand the societal response to it."

Of course, you have the right to choose 'one study' that agreed with your personal prejudice than viewing how many other professionals responded to this study. But you could no longer claimed to be fair or just when it comes to discussion on this issue.

Maybe you could put down your personal bias and read some other materials than those misleading information from anti-gay organizations.

BTW, you haven't said anything about the other more details research by Michael Schroeder and Ariel Shidlo yet.

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