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| conversion therapy in ohio: How to Survive a Summer Nick White, 2017-06-06 **Named One of Book Riot’s BEST QUEER BOOKS OF 2017** “Packed with story and drama … If Tennessee Williams’s ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ could be transposed to the 21st-century South, where queer liberation co-exists alongside the stubborn remains of fire and brimstone, it might read something like this juicy, moving hot mess of a novel.” –Tim Murphy, The Washington Post A searing debut novel centering around a gay-to-straight conversion camp in Mississippi and a man's reckoning with the trauma he faced there as a teen. Camp Levi, nestled in the Mississippi countryside, is designed to “cure” young teenage boys of their budding homosexuality. Will Dillard, a midwestern graduate student, spent a summer at the camp as a teenager, and has since tried to erase the experience from his mind. But when a fellow student alerts him that a slasher movie based on the camp is being released, he is forced to confront his troubled history and possible culpability in the death of a fellow camper. As past and present are woven together, Will recounts his “rehabilitation,” eventually returning to the abandoned campgrounds to solve the mysteries of that pivotal summer, and to reclaim his story from those who have stolen it. With a masterful confluence of sensibility and place, How to Survive a Summer is a searing, unforgettable novel that introduces an exciting new literary voice. “Clear and moving, revealing White’s talent in evoking the complexities of the rural South.” —Publishers Weekly |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Transgender Family Law Edited by Jennifer L. Levi & Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder, 2012-04-19 Transgender people have unique needs and vulnerabilities in the family law context. Any family law attorney engaged in representing transgender clients must know the ins and outs of this rapidly developing area of law. Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy is the first book to comprehensively address legal issues facing transgender people in the family law context and provide practitioners the tools to effectively represent transgender clients. The chapters address a broad range of topics, including: Culturally Competent Representation, Recognition of Name and Sex, Relationship Recognition and Protections, Protecting Parental Rights, Relationship Dissolution, Parental Rights after Relationship Dissolution, Custody Disputes Involving Transgender Children, Protections for Transgender Youth, Intimate Partner Violence, Estate Planning and Elder Law. Written by attorneys with expertise in both family law and advocacy for transgender clients, including: Kylar W. Broadus, Patience Crozier, Benjamin L. Jerner, Michelle B. LaPointe, Jennifer L. Levi, Morgan Lynn, Shannon Price Minter, Elizabeth E. Monnin-Browder, Zack M. Paakkonen, Terra Slavin, Wayne A. Thomas Jr., Deborah H. Wald, and Janson Wu, Transgender Family Law is a must-have, practical guide for attorneys interested in becoming effective advocates for their clients. It is also a valuable resource to consult for any transgender person who is forming, expanding, or dissolving a family relationship. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Dishonorable Passions William N. Eskridge Jr., 2008-05-01 From the Pentagon to the wedding chapel, there are few issues more controversial today than gay rights. As William Eskridge persuasively demonstrates in Dishonorable Passions, there is nothing new about this political and legal obsession. The American colonies and the early states prohibited sodomy as the crime against nature, but rarely punished such conduct if it took place behind closed doors. By the twentieth century, America’s emerging regulatory state targeted degenerates and (later) homosexuals. The witch hunts of the McCarthy era caught very few Communists but ruined the lives of thousands of homosexuals. The nation’s sexual revolution of the 1960s fueled a social movement of people seeking repeal of sodomy laws, but it was not until the Supreme Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Texas (2003) that private sex between consenting adults was decriminalized. With dramatic stories of both the hunted (Walt Whitman and Margaret Mead) and the hunters (Earl Warren and J. Edgar Hoover), Dishonorable Passions reveals how American sodomy laws affected the lives of both homosexual and heterosexual Americans. Certain to provoke heated debate, Dishonorable Passions is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of sexuality and its regulation in the United States |
| conversion therapy in ohio: The Inheritance of Shame Peter Gajdics, 2020-04-26 Read the book that's getting conversion therapy banned in Canada Winner of the Independent Book Publisher Award, Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction and the Saints and Sinners Emerging Writer Award. Unforgettable... This book is appallingly appropriate in these times. — FOREWORD REVIEWS This resonant and acclaimed memoir recounts the six years that the author spent in a bizarre form of conversion therapy that attempted to cure him of his homosexuality, and the inspiring story of how he cast out shame and reclaimed his life. Kept with other patients in a cult-like home in British Columbia, Canada, Peter Gajdics was under the authority of a dominating, rogue psychiatrist who controlled his patients, in part, by creating and exploiting a false sense of family. Juxtaposed against his parents' tormented past–his mother's incarceration and escape from a communist concentration camp in post-World War II Yugoslavia, and his father's upbringing as an orphan in war-torn Hungary, The Inheritance of Shame explores the universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression, and intergenerational pain. “DEEPLY MOVING. — THE ADVOCATE “RAW AND UNFLINCHING — KIRKUS REVIEWS “A HERO’S JOURNEY IN WHICH ANY READER, GAY OR STRAIGHT, CAN FIND INSPIRATION.” — LAMBDA LITERARY FOUNDATION All over the United States and Canada, districts, cities and states are banning conversion, ex-gay and reparative therapies. A powerful example of healing through memoir, this book offers the most complete and compelling reason for those bans to date. A groundbreaking memoir, The Inheritance of Shame offers insights into overcoming all kinds of shame, especially that which has trickled down from previous generations, and into the complicated but all-too-worthwhile process of forgiveness. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Histories of the Transgender Child Jules Gill-Peterson, 2018-10-23 A groundbreaking twentieth-century history of transgender children With transgender rights front and center in American politics, media, and culture, the pervasive myth still exists that today’s transgender children are a brand new generation—pioneers in a field of new obstacles and hurdles. Histories of the Transgender Child shatters this myth, uncovering a previously unknown twentieth-century history when transgender children not only existed but preexisted the term transgender and its predecessors, playing a central role in the medicalization of trans people, and all sex and gender. Beginning with the early 1900s when children with “ambiguous” sex first sought medical attention, to the 1930s when transgender people began to seek out doctors involved in altering children’s sex, to the invention of the category gender, and finally the 1960s and ’70s when, as the field institutionalized, transgender children began to take hormones, change their names, and even access gender confirmation, Julian Gill-Peterson reconstructs the medicalization and racialization of children’s bodies. Throughout, they foreground the racial history of medicine that excludes black and trans of color children through the concept of gender’s plasticity, placing race at the center of their analysis and at the center of transgender studies. Until now, little has been known about early transgender history and life and its relevance to children. Using a wealth of archival research from hospitals and clinics, including incredible personal letters from children to doctors, as well as scientific and medical literature, this book reaches back to the first half of the twentieth century—a time when the category transgender was not available but surely existed, in the lives of children and parents. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Hounded by God Joseph Gentilini, 2017-10-05 Hounded by God, the author writes about his struggle to integrate his homosexuality with his personality and his Catholic-Christian spirituality. Born in 1948, he grew up in the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s when homosexuality was considered either a mental illness or a major sin. In 1968, he had his first homosexual experience. Feeling shame and trying to repress his feelings, he spent over six years in therapy. Raised a strict Roman Catholic, Joseph confessed his many “sins” to a priest and attended Mass daily. He felt hopeless in accepting his homosexuality and living happily as a gay man, repeating nightly, “If it gets too bad, I can always kill myself.” By 1974, he knew that therapy was not changing his sexual orientation and felt desperate. Joseph experienced God as hounding him to accept his gay identity and to believe that God loves him as he is. His autobiographical journal reveals his gradual awakening to live his vocation, not only as a gay man in relationship with his partner and with God, but also as someone willing to share his journey with those who struggle with their homosexuality and their faith. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: The Case Against Conversion "Therapy" Douglas C Haldeman, 2021-11-23 This volume explores the history and effects of so-called conversion therapy on LGBT people. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Committee on Understanding the Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Diverse Populations, 2021-01-23 The increase in prevalence and visibility of sexually gender diverse (SGD) populations illuminates the need for greater understanding of the ways in which current laws, systems, and programs affect their well-being. Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, transgender, non-binary, queer, or intersex, as well as those who express same-sex or -gender attractions or behaviors, will have experiences across their life course that differ from those of cisgender and heterosexual individuals. Characteristics such as age, race and ethnicity, and geographic location intersect to play a distinct role in the challenges and opportunities SGD people face. Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations reviews the available evidence and identifies future research needs related to the well-being of SDG populations across the life course. This report focuses on eight domains of well-being; the effects of various laws and the legal system on SGD populations; the effects of various public policies and structural stigma; community and civic engagement; families and social relationships; education, including school climate and level of attainment; economic experiences (e.g., employment, compensation, and housing); physical and mental health; and health care access and gender-affirming interventions. The recommendations of Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations aim to identify opportunities to advance understanding of how individuals experience sexuality and gender and how sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status affect SGD people over the life course. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: The Matrix of Race Rodney D. Coates, Abby L. Ferber, David L. Brunsma, 2017-09-25 This book reflects contemporary theorizing around race relations and socially-constructed groups. It is a text for a new age - one that represents the latest developments in race studies. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Restoring Sexual Identity Anne Paulk, 2003-07-01 Restoring Sexual Identity offers answers to the most commonly asked questions from both homosexuals desiring change and friends and relatives of women struggling with same-sex attraction. Is lesbianism an inherited predisposition or is it developed in childhood? Does becoming a Christian eliminate all desire for members of the same sex? What support is available for women who struggle with lesbianism? Can a woman be a lesbian and a Christian at the same time? How does childhood sexual abuse relate to the development of lesbianism? These and other important questions are answered as the author draws from her own experience and that of many other former lesbians who participated in an extensive survey on same-sex attraction. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: The Book of (More) Delights Ross Gay, 2023-09-19 From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. In Ross Gay’s new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America’s most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world—sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor’s fig tree—and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savor and share. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Straight to Jesus Tanya Erzen, 2006 Erzen is sensitive, savvy, and provocative. Her mastery of historical sources, ethnographic technique, and accessible writing style are evident throughout. She illuminates aspects of conservative Christianity central to the 'culture wars,' deepening our understanding of the movement's internal struggles over sexuality, gender, and family issues. Erzen has written a wonderful book.--Diane Winston, author of Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army Tanya Erzen's wonderful and timely book provides us with a compelling cultural history of the Christian right in the post-war period--from the cold war to family and sexual politics--as well as remarkable ethnographic insight into the dynamics of Exodus International. With compassion, humor, and insight, Erzen takes the reader through the ideological, organizational, and daily practices used in efforts to change people's theological and sexual orientations, from self-help to conversion testimony.--Faye Ginsburg, Professor of Anthropology, New York University, author of Contested Lives |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Gay and Catholic Eve Tushnet, 2014-10-20 Winner of a 2015 Catholic Press Award: Gender Issues Category (First Place). In this first book from an openly lesbian and celibate Catholic, widely published writer and blogger Eve Tushnet recounts her spiritual and intellectual journey from liberal atheism to faithful Catholicism and shows how gay Catholics can love and be loved while adhering to Church teaching. Eve Tushnet was among the unlikeliest of converts. The only child of two atheist academics, Tushnet was a typical Yale undergraduate until the day she went out to poke fun at a gathering of philosophical debaters, who happened also to be Catholic. Instead of enjoying mocking what she termed the “zoo animals,” she found herself engaged in intellectual conversation with them and, in a move that surprised even her, she soon converted to Catholicism. Already self-identifying as a lesbian, Tushnet searched for a third way in the seeming two-option system available to gay Catholics: reject Church teaching on homosexuality or reject the truth of your sexuality. Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith is the fruit of Tushnet’s searching: what she learned in studying Christian history and theology and her articulation of how gay Catholics can pour their love and need for connection into friendships, community, service, and artistic creation. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Tenderness Eve Tushnet, 2021-12-03 Winner of a second-place award in the category gender issues, inclusion in the Church from the Catholic Media Association. What would happen if gay Christians began to believe the truth about God—that he loves all people unconditionally? In Tenderness, Catholic writer and speaker Eve Tushnet says trusting God’s love would be the beginning of a transformation, not only in the lives of gay Christians but also in the Body of Christ itself. She offers hope and companionship to those who have been deeply hurt by their parishes, a wound that also damaged their relationship with God. Tushnet also offers practical guidance from her own journey as a celibate lesbian. Tenderness explores scripture and history to find role models for gay Christians—including Jesus, King David, Ruth, St. John, Mary, poets, mystics, penitents, leaders, and ordinary gay people who have found unexpected paths of love. The book also offers guidance on living through or recovering from the painful experiences that are all too common in gay Christian life—from familial rejection and weaponized Christianity to ambivalence and doubt. Weaving her own story with resources, prayers, and practical actions that can help gay people trust that God loves them, Tushnet renews our understandings of kinship, friendship, celibacy and unmarried life, ordered love, personal integrity, solidarity with the marginalized, obedience, surrender, sanctification, and hope. This book is primarily for gay Christians, but it also offers a window into their experiences and needs that will make it useful for anyone in pastoral care or who wants to be a better friend to the gay people they know. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Saving Alex Alex Cooper, Joanna Brooks, 2016-03-01 When Alex Cooper was fifteen years old, life was pretty ordinary in her sleepy suburban town and nice Mormon family. At church and at home, Alex was taught that God had a plan for everyone. But something was gnawing at her that made her feel different. These feelings exploded when she met Yvette, a girl who made Alex feel alive in a new way, and with whom Alex would quickly fall in love. Alex knew she was holding a secret that could shatter her family, her church community, and her life. Yet when this secret couldn’t be hidden any longer, she told her parents that she was gay, and the nightmare began. She was driven from her home in Southern California to Utah, where, against her will, her parents handed her over to fellow Mormons who promised to save Alex from her homosexuality. For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed “residential treatment program” modeled on the many “therapeutic” boot camps scattered across Utah. Alex was physically and verbally abused, and many days she was forced to stand facing a wall wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks. Her captors used faith to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex eventually escaped and made legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law’s protection as an openly gay teenager. Alex is not alone; the headlines continue to splash stories about gay conversion therapy and rehabilitation centers that promise to “save” teenagers from their sexuality. Saving Alex is a courageous memoir that tells Alex’s story in the hopes that it will bring awareness and justice to this important issue. A bold, inspiring story of one girl’s fight for freedom, acceptance, and truth. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Healing Homosexuality Joseph Nicolosi, Lucy Freeman, 1997-11 Albert - The Little Boy Within; Tom - The Married Man; Father John - The Double Life; Charlie - The Search for the Masculine Self; Dan - The Angriest Man; Steve - The Seeker of Male Symbols; Edward - Agony of a Youth; Roger - Do I Really Want to Be Here?; Men Together - How Group Therapy Heals; How Reparative Therapy Works. |
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| conversion therapy in ohio: Understanding Gender Dysphoria Mark A. Yarhouse, 2015-05-22 Gender and sexual identity are immensely complicated topics. An expert on human sexuality, Mark Yarhouse offers a Christian perspective of transgender identity that eschews simplistic answers, engages the latest research and listens to people's stories. This accessible guide challenges Christians to rise above the politics and come alongside individuals navigating these issues. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Costly Obedience Mark A. Yarhouse, 2019-06-25 Though we often hear about the gay problem today, there is an even deeper problem in the church today--one that we often overlook. The call to follow Christ is a call to costly obedience for all, not just for gay Christians. Far too often, the church has elevated homosexuality above other sins and required a costly obedience from gays that it is unwilling to demand of others. And yet, the answer is not to weaken the demands of obedience. Instead, gay Christians who make the difficult choice to align their lives with the biblical view of sexuality are a gift to the church, reminding all of us that spiritual growth and maturity is costly. There is a price to pay in following Christ and devoting our lives to the call of the gospel, and it is one that we all must pay--gay and straight Christians alike. Through the stories and struggles of gay Christians who are reorienting their lives around the costly obedience required to follow Christ, Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets call the church to reorient as well, leaving behind the casual morality that is widespread today to pursue the path of radical discipleship. Unlike any other book on homosexuality and the church, this is a call to examine your life and consider what God is asking you to lay down to take up your cross and follow him. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: The Failure of Evangelical Mental Health Care John Weaver, 2014-11-26 In the evangelical community, a variety of alternative mental health treatments--deliverance/exorcism, biblical counseling, reparative therapy and many others--have been proposed for the treatment of mentally ill, female and LGBT evangelicals. This book traces the history of these methods, focusing on the major proponents of each therapeutic system while also examining mainstream evangelical psychology. The author concludes that in the majority of cases mental disorders are blamed on two main issues--sin and demonic possession/oppression--and that as a result some communities have become a mental health underclass who are ill-served or oppressed by both alternative and mainstream evangelical therapeutic systems. He argues that the only recourse left for mentally ill, female and LGBT evangelicals is to rally for reform and increased accountability for both professional and alternative evangelical practitioners. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: My Child Told Me They're Trans...What Do I Do? Brynn Tannehill, 2023-02-21 'My child just came out to me as trans: What should I do?' If you are a parent looking for an answer to this question, you have come to the right place. Gathering together practical advice and personal experiences from a range of parents, activists and experts, this FAQ book provides answers to the most common questions you will have as a parent of a transgender child. What if they change their minds? How do I make sure my child is safe at school? How do we tell our other children? Sharing their experiences of how they navigated their child's transition to raise a happy and healthy child, the parents in this book will give you the tools you need to support your trans child to thrive, while the experts provide a research-based perspective on supporting trans youth. With answers to everything you need to know - from social transition, mental health and medical care, through to schools, faith and your personal feelings as a parent - this is the ultimate resource for any family with a trans child. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: The Love Surgeon Sarah B. Rodriguez, 2020-07-17 Dr. James Burt believed women’s bodies were broken, and only he could fix them. In the 1950s, this Ohio OB-GYN developed what he called “love surgery,” a unique procedure he maintained enhanced the sexual responses of a new mother, transforming her into “a horny little house mouse.” Burt did so without first getting the consent of his patients. Yet he was allowed to practice for over thirty years, mutilating hundreds of women in the process. It would be easy to dismiss Dr. Burt as a monstrous aberration, a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein. Yet as medical historian Sarah Rodriguez reveals, that’s not the whole story. The Love Surgeon asks tough questions about Burt’s heinous acts and what they reveal about the failures of the medical establishment: How was he able to perform an untested surgical procedure? Why wasn’t he obliged to get informed consent from his patients? And why did it take his peers so long to take action? The Love Surgeon is both a medical horror story and a cautionary tale about the limits of professional self-regulation. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: LGBTQ Cincinnati Ken Schneck , 2020 Cincinnati's LGBTQ history is a study in riveting contradictions. Seen as one of the more conservative cities in Ohio, Cincinnati is also the home of the first Pride march in the entire state. A strong move to censor the LGBTQ-related art of Robert Mapplethorpe at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center resulted in a nationally publicized trial where freedom of expression emerged victorious in the face of those who zealously sought to suppress the LGBTQ community's voice. The passage of Issue 3 in 1993 epitomized the tenet that minority rights should never be up for majority vote, while the repeal of Article XII eleven years later displayed the sheer power of mobilization. Through protests, celebrations, and demonstrations of unadulterated pride, Cincinnati has proven itself over and over again as a community of individuals trying to make the Queen City live up to its royal--and decidedly LGBTQ--name. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Real Talk about LGBTQIAP Tara Coyt, 2019-03-24 Real Talk About LGBTQIAP: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Pansexual is a sincere conversation about the who, what, when, how, and why of human sexuality, gender identity, and biological sex. Author Tara Y. Coyt explores these questions by sharing a variety of LGBTQIAP perspectives, reviewing history, and distilling expert findings from biblical scholars, health professionals, scientists, and researchers. Real Talk is accessible, informative, and thought-provoking. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Transgender Rights and Issues Andrea Pelleschi, 2015-12-15 Transgender Rights and Issues covers the growing acceptance of the transgender community throughout the years, the discrimination transgender men and women face each day, and how United States and other countries are making changes to fix these issues. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosin Mary Lynn McPherson, 2018-08-28 Praised by practitioners, students and instructors for its engaging approach to teaching a very complex subject, Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations: A Guide for Effective Dosing, has long been the go-to guide for learning how to calculate opioid conversions. Now in its second edition, this reference is a must-have for clinicians involved in pain management at all levels. Written by pain management expert Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE, Demystifying Opioid Conversion Calculations focuses on the calculations that practitioners use in actual practice, providing realistic scenarios for decision making. The revised edition covers the entire spectrum of opioid analgesics used to manage patients with moderate-to-severe pain and serious life-limiting illnesses. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Crossed Meredith Doench, 2015-08-17 Agent Luce Hansen returns home to Willow’s Ridge to catch a serial killer who has been murdering young women. It’s the case she’s been waiting for, the case that compels her to return to the small town she turned her back on nineteen years ago, the case she plans to ride from the Ohio BCI all the way to the FBI. The case worth risking her shaky relationship with her lover, Rowan. But the horrors of the case recall the unsolved murder of Luce’s first girlfriend, and Luce is forced to confront the local ex-gay ministry that haunted her youth. When the past crosses the present, will Luce lose everything she’s worked so hard to build? |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Difficult Conversations Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, 2023-08-22 The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with Answers to Ten Questions People Ask We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to: · Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation · Start a conversation without defensiveness · Listen for the meaning of what is not said · Stay balanced in the face of attacks and accusations · Move from emotion to productive problem solving |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Homosexuality John C. Gonsiorek, James D. Weinrich, 1991-05-03 Does present important and relevant data on homosexuality that will help sensible professionals and lay people alike refute the specious arguments of....radical right politicians and religious leaders. --Book Reviews John C. Gonsiorek and James D. Weinrich are skillful in their application of research to public policy . . . . This book is exceptionally readable. . . . [they] are to be particularly commended for their editorial expertise. --Contemporary Psychology Gonsiorek and Weinrich′s book is a gem! It provides the most up-to-date discussions of all the crucial issues that anyone who deals with gay and lesbian issues must understand--the myths, prejudices, and the knotty issues of policy and the scientific research relevant to them. Whether one needs to know about ′child molestation,′ ′choice,′ ′role models,′ or any other ′old chestnut,′ this book provides a clear and scholarly treatment of the controversy and the research relevant to it. It is indispensable! --Clinton Anderson, Officer for Gay and Lesbian Concerns American Psychological Association Gonsiorek and Weinrich assemble a most distinguished group of contributors who, in turn, examine the most important issues regarding the subject of homosexuality from the perspective of psychological research. This book is an invaluable resource for forensic psychologists, lawyers and law makers. It offers a thorough exploration of the research necessary to formulate public policy on these issues. In addition, mental health service providers, instructors, and students alike will find that this book covers the basic issues in the psychology of lesbians and gay men with competence and care. A powerhouse of a book! --Kristin Hancock, Ph.D., Past Chair, Association of Lesbian & Gay Psychologists and Past President, APA Division #44 There are so many outstanding contributions to this book and so many reasons to get it. This work flies in the face of hearsay and shatters psychological myth with research. It clearly has many uses in the education and training of psychotherapists. It is the sort of work which would also prove to be an invaluable resource to those who need well-documented, clearly written reviews of available research on gay men and lesbians--whatever the reason. --American Psychological Association, Division #44 Newsletter Despite scientific study and scholarly research, homosexuality continues as the subject of an intense, and often bitter, debate. Current and concise, Homosexuality summarizes what science knows about homosexuality and its relevance for public policy. The chapters here focus on concerns that have been most central to current public policy debates about homosexuality, including: the nature and causes of sexual orientations; the reasons why homosexuality is not an illness; the ethics of various mental health approaches to homosexuality; the effects of social and legal discrimination; newer biological and psychological understandings of homosexuality; homosexual people as couples and parents; and the implications of the AIDS epidemic. Because the contributors hail from a variety of disciplines (social, clinical, and counseling psychology; law; psychiatry; social work; biology; nursing; and anthropology), this volume offers a balanced approach to an important--and controversial--issue. This intriguing and timely volume encourages readers to become discerning consumers of the scientific discourses on homosexuality--past, present, and future. As such, students, scholars, and professionals in psychology, sociology, counseling, and social work will use this volume time and again. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Exploring the Essentials of Healthy Personality Camay Woodall, 2014-07-23 What are the elements upon which a healthy personality is built? This fascinating book identifies the key components and shares vivid case studies that demonstrate what happens when those elements are missing. What is normal when it comes to human personality? And is it possible to achieve emotional health through intended effort, just like physical health? Clinical psychologist Camay Woodall, PhD, addresses these complex questions and many more in this work that cogently discusses the parameters of emotional health. This book covers historical concepts; examines personality at its formative stages and beyond; explains how normal behavior varies widely, yet emotional symptoms are definable; and pinpoints the common aspects of normality in human personality, such as the need for social connection, the struggle for realism, and the ability to come to terms with guilt. Covering topics that include anxiety; self-esteem; depression; food (and the abuses of it), sex, love, and intimacy; shame and guilt; and spirituality, this book identifies common sources of dysfunctional personality traits and stresses the importance of individual responsibility in each area. Each chapter is richly illustrated by actual case studies from the author's 30 years of experience. The book will be of interest and highly useful to undergraduate or graduate-level students of psychotherapy, individuals undergoing therapy, parents who are concerned about their own or their family's behavior, and general readers. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Sexual Identity and Faith Mark A. Yarhouse, 2019-04-15 Christians who struggle with a conflict between their sexual and religious identities have few therapeutic options available to them. ‘Sexual orientation change efforts’ (SOCE) have rightly fallen out of favor and are no longer practiced by most clinicians. At the same time, the common approach of gay affirmative therapy (GAT) can at times present challenges and may not be a good fit when clients hold to conventional religious beliefs and values. An alternative to these methods is Sexual Identity Therapy (SIT)—an approach that aims to provide individuals with a safe therapeutic space to explore the tension between their sexuality and their faith. Working within the SIT framework, clients are able to resolve their inner conflict to their personal satisfaction and to freely choose a coherent identity that enables them to move forward in life. SIT has several stages, each designed to enable the client to make meaning out of his or her same-sex sexuality. At no point in the process is the client encouraged to choose one sexual identity over another. The ultimate goal of SIT is congruence. Congruence is achieved when a person freely adopts an identity and lives it out in ways that are in keeping with his or her beliefs and values. The SIT model is brought to life throughout the book with the help of case studies drawn from the author’s 20 years of experience. Written for both Christian and non-religious clinicians, Sexual Identity and Faith is an informed, respectful, and nuanced guide to help people navigate the difficult conflict between who they are sexually and what they believe religiously. |
| conversion therapy in ohio: Unfreezing Trauma Mary Held, 1st, 2020-05-15 An honest, fearless retelling of Mary's recovery from multiple traumatic events. She exorcises her demons through EMDR, a powerful psychotherapy based on bilateral stimulation of the brain. Mary takes her readers on an adventure which goes to very dark places, but her journey is sometimes joyous, often thrilling, and definitely amazing. People suffering from PTSD or other traumatic memories will find themselves in this book. Her story is a source of hope for all trauma sufferers, their families and friends, and even their therapists. It includes 16 therapy sessions and therapist comments. |
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2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Ohio
These data provide critical insights into the suicide risk faced by LGBTQ young people, top barriers to mental health care, the prevalence of anti-LGBTQ victimization, and the negative …
LGBTQ Youth: Conversion Therapy” Laws - lgbtmap.org
Conversion “therapy” laws prohibit state-licensed mental health practitioners from subjecting LGBTQ minors to conversion “therapy” – a set of harmful, dangerous, and discredited practices …
Conversion Therapy In Ohio (2024)
Conversion Therapy In Ohio: The Case Against Conversion "therapy" Douglas C. Haldeman,2022 Many LGBTQ youth are still forced into harmful treatments with devastating mental health …
Re: County-wide conversion therapy ban
Lakewood, Ohio Dear Colleagues, Please join me in signing the following letter to County Council President Dale Miller, Vice President Yvonne M. Connell, and County Councilman Robert …
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
conversion therapy on minors—a practice that has been found to be dangerous and ineffective—by state-licensed professionals, including counselors and therapists.
Summary of Ordinance No. 288-2022 passed by Akron
the practice of conversion therapy on minors; and declaring an emergency. By: Sara Biviano, Clerk of Council This summary is being published pursuant to Section 38 of the City Charter.
Position Statement on Conversion Therapy and LGBTQ
Following widespread societal acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals and a growing body of evidence of the potential harms and lack of efficacy of conversion therapies, leading professional health …
Fact Sheet Conversion Therapy - AACAP
Background on Conversion Therapy • What does “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy” entail? These “therapies” comprise interventions aimed at altering an individual’s same-sex
University of Cincinnati Law Review
Conversion therapy is grounded in the belief that LGBTQ+ is abnormal and that treatment can change the orientation or gender identity of an LGBTQ+ individual.
CONVERSION THERAPY: SCIENCE VS. STEREOTYPES MENTAL …
The potential risks of reparative therapy are great, including depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior, since therapist alignment with societal prejudices against homosexuality …
Report Design Draft: It's Still Happening - The Trevor Project
So-called “conversion therapy” — a term used to encompass a wide range of e orts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity — has been condemned by every major medical …
Changing Medical Practice, Not Patients — Putting an End to …
profile of a typical conversion-therapy participant. Patients in-volved in conversion therapy may not volunteer relevant informa-tion to a health care provider and may go out of their way to con …
Conversion Therapy Laws - lgbtmap.org
• Law bans conversion therapy for minors • See S.B. 121 (2017). 2215 Market Street • Denver, CO 80205 • Phone: 303-578-4600 • Fax: 303-578-4602 • www.lgbtmap.org
LGBTQ Youth: Conversion Therapy” Laws - mapresearch.org
Conversion “therapy” laws prohibit state-licensed mental health practitioners from subjecting LGBTQ minors to conversion “therapy” – a set of harmful, dangerous, and discredited practices …
Facts about Conversion Therapy - American Psychological …
“Conversion therapy” describes any attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, or any component of these. It is sometimes called reparative therapy, …
Nicholas Cummings and Conversion Therapy1 - The University …
Nicholas Cummings and Conversion Therapy1 Andrew S. Winston, PhD2 The purpose of this report is to provide background for the Advisory Board and the staff of the Cummings Center …
Fact Sheet on So-Called “Conversion Therapy” - NASW-NYS
20,000 LGBT youth (ages 13-17) will receive so-called “conversion therapy” from a licensed health care professional before they reach the age of 18 in the states where it has not been prohibited …
PATHWAYS FOR ELIMINATING CONVERSION PRACTICES
Conversion practices take on numerous forms including prayer, exorcism, talk therapy, confinement, fasting, corrective rape, beatings, and forced marriage, among others. The …
In This Issue… END CONVErSION THErAPY IN OHIO Join …
Since Leelah’s death NASW Ohio Chapter has been pursuing legislation or rule changes on a state level to ban the discredited and dangerous practice of “conversion therapy”, sometimes …
PROTECTING YOUTH FROM HARMFUL “CONVERSION …
conversion therapy can change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. To the contrary, research has clearly shown that these practices pose devastating health risks for …
2022 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health Ohio
These data provide critical insights into the suicide risk faced by LGBTQ young people, top barriers to mental health care, the prevalence of anti-LGBTQ victimization, and the negative impacts of …
LGBTQ Youth: Conversion Therapy” Laws - lgbtmap.org
Conversion “therapy” laws prohibit state-licensed mental health practitioners from subjecting LGBTQ minors to conversion “therapy” – a set of harmful, dangerous, and discredited practices …
Conversion Therapy In Ohio (2024)
Conversion Therapy In Ohio: The Case Against Conversion "therapy" Douglas C. Haldeman,2022 Many LGBTQ youth are still forced into harmful treatments with devastating mental health …
Re: County-wide conversion therapy ban
Lakewood, Ohio Dear Colleagues, Please join me in signing the following letter to County Council President Dale Miller, Vice President Yvonne M. Connell, and County Councilman Robert …
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH …
conversion therapy on minors—a practice that has been found to be dangerous and ineffective—by state-licensed professionals, including counselors and therapists.
Summary of Ordinance No. 288-2022 passed by Akron
the practice of conversion therapy on minors; and declaring an emergency. By: Sara Biviano, Clerk of Council This summary is being published pursuant to Section 38 of the City Charter.
Position Statement on Conversion Therapy and LGBTQ
Following widespread societal acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals and a growing body of evidence of the potential harms and lack of efficacy of conversion therapies, leading professional health …
Fact Sheet Conversion Therapy - AACAP
Background on Conversion Therapy • What does “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy” entail? These “therapies” comprise interventions aimed at altering an individual’s same-sex
University of Cincinnati Law Review
Conversion therapy is grounded in the belief that LGBTQ+ is abnormal and that treatment can change the orientation or gender identity of an LGBTQ+ individual.
CONVERSION THERAPY: SCIENCE VS. STEREOTYPES …
The potential risks of reparative therapy are great, including depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior, since therapist alignment with societal prejudices against homosexuality …
Report Design Draft: It's Still Happening - The Trevor Project
So-called “conversion therapy” — a term used to encompass a wide range of e orts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity — has been condemned by every major medical …
Changing Medical Practice, Not Patients — Putting an End to …
profile of a typical conversion-therapy participant. Patients in-volved in conversion therapy may not volunteer relevant informa-tion to a health care provider and may go out of their way to con-ceal …
Conversion Therapy Laws - lgbtmap.org
• Law bans conversion therapy for minors • See S.B. 121 (2017). 2215 Market Street • Denver, CO 80205 • Phone: 303-578-4600 • Fax: 303-578-4602 • www.lgbtmap.org
LGBTQ Youth: Conversion Therapy” Laws - mapresearch.org
Conversion “therapy” laws prohibit state-licensed mental health practitioners from subjecting LGBTQ minors to conversion “therapy” – a set of harmful, dangerous, and discredited practices …
Facts about Conversion Therapy - American Psychological …
“Conversion therapy” describes any attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, or any component of these. It is sometimes called reparative therapy, …
Nicholas Cummings and Conversion Therapy1 - The …
Nicholas Cummings and Conversion Therapy1 Andrew S. Winston, PhD2 The purpose of this report is to provide background for the Advisory Board and the staff of the Cummings Center for the …
Fact Sheet on So-Called “Conversion Therapy” - NASW-NYS
20,000 LGBT youth (ages 13-17) will receive so-called “conversion therapy” from a licensed health care professional before they reach the age of 18 in the states where it has not been prohibited …
PATHWAYS FOR ELIMINATING CONVERSION PRACTICES
Conversion practices take on numerous forms including prayer, exorcism, talk therapy, confinement, fasting, corrective rape, beatings, and forced marriage, among others. The …
In This Issue… END CONVErSION THErAPY IN OHIO Join …
Since Leelah’s death NASW Ohio Chapter has been pursuing legislation or rule changes on a state level to ban the discredited and dangerous practice of “conversion therapy”, sometimes referred …
PROTECTING YOUTH FROM HARMFUL “CONVERSION …
conversion therapy can change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. To the contrary, research has clearly shown that these practices pose devastating health risks for …
