11 Ridiculous, Strange, And Terrifying Gay Conversion

Therapy Methods For 'Curing' Homosexuality

For as lengthy as people have actually discovered discomfort with the idea of homosexuality, there
have actually been efforts to "treat" affected people of their "unnatural" urges.
Though same-sex attraction was the moment considered a hazardous, undesirable condition by
doctor, particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries, today medical professionals, psychiatrists, and
psychologists all agree that not only is homosexuality not a health problem, yet there is no tested
method to relieve a person of his or her sex-related alignment (neither is there any kind of need to
attempt it).
Still, think it or not, there are numerous organizations alive and well (and well moneyed) on the
planet who strive to convert gay guys and women to heterosexuality and it appears hardly a week
goes by without some new report on sufferers of "repairative treatment"-- or ex-gay leaders, like
former Love At work Director John Smid, admitting that the entire motion is a sham.
Previously this year Marcus Bachmann, spouse of presidential confident Michele Bachmann, was
charged of running a sale therapy facility and merely recently the Australian newspaper the
Brisbane Times reported on a team recognized as Exodus Global Partnership that depends on
"exorcisms, hugging, behavioural management and marriage," to address homosexuality.
Yet exorcisms are-- frighteningly-- merely the start. From biking to testicle transplants, listed below
locate 11 absurd, odd, and scary techniques for "curing" homosexuality:
Cycling
American specialist Graeme M. Hammond suggests bicycling as a treatment for homosexuality. <( a
href="http://web.me.com/lookoutfilms/Ten_More_Good_Years/LGBT_History_files/timeline only.
pdf"target="_ hplink")He thought(/ a)" homosexuality was>rooted in nervous breakdown and that
bicycle exercise would bring back health and heterosexuality."Exorcism In 2009 Manifested
Magnificence Ministries came under attack when a 20-minute video clip uploaded on YouTube
revealed a 16 years of age(a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31528426/ns/us_news-
faith/t/church-creates-stir-gay-exorcism-video/#.Tq8TLGVPlcg"target="_ hplink")being subjected to
an exorcism(/ a)to" heal"him of his>homosexuality. The child is shown wincing as church
participants base on his feet, hold him under the arms and howl," Come on, you homosexual demon!
You homosexual spirit, we call you out now! Loose your grip, Lucifer! "Electroconvulsive Treatment
Electroconvulsive treatment has long been a go-to device for"
healing"homosexuality and is still utilized to now. In October Nathan Manske,(a href=
"http://www.imfromdriftwood.com/"target= "_ hplink")the founder and Exec Director of I'm From
Driftwood(/ a), a 501(c)(3) non-profit online forum for real lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer stories, shared the story of Samuel Brinton on(a href=
"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-manske/gay-conversion-therapy_b_997330.html "target= "_
hplink")HuffPost deepen a feeling of duty, self-control, and right-mindedness.'"Fetal Interference G
nther Dorner, which functioned with the Principle for Experimental Endocrinology in the middle of
the 20th century,(a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4-
kcUVAOTWYC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq= "G % C3 % BCnther+Dorner"
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ved=0CEAQ6AEwBg #&v=onepage & q & f=false"target="_&hplink")believed that homosexuality(/
a)is"identified&by prenatal gendering of the human brain created&by endocrinological
disruptions."He hypothesized that&if you might change any hormone imbalances existing in the
tummy-- as he attempted to do with fetal rats>-- homosexuality could possibly be prevented before it
even developed.'Overdosing'On Homosexuality In the 1960s British psychologist I. Oswald would
pump a gay male packed with nausea-inducing medicines article to video free before bordering him
with glasses of pee and playing audio recordings of males making love. Oswald was attempting
to"overdose"gay
men on homosexuality in hopes that they would "(a href=
"http://www.glreview.com/article.php?articleid=42"target =" _ hplink")look to women for comfort(/
a)."Cold Showers In June of 2011 Hong Kong(a href
="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJrR2qwJP3LebrZk-UYhAXq1ZzPA?docId=
CNG.fb6f66e08eae0ce02ece50a72ee19eda.1f1"target="_ hplink")reportedly employed a psychiatrist
(/ a)to offer a government-sponsored training session on sale treatment.
Amongst the methods Hong Kwai-wah recommended for"treating"homosexuality were chilly
showers, petition, and abstinence. Transplants Eugen Steinach(1861-1944), supervisor of the
Biological Principle in Vienna, believed that homosexuality was the result of hormonal imbalances.
To confirm his hypothesis, the researcher dental implanted sex body organs in neutered rats and
Guinea pigs and declared to have actually performed effective"sex change "procedures on the rats.
Steinach's study
really did not end with
pets. He (a href="http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/29/turner.php" target=" _ hplink")
additionally transferred testicles (/ a) from heterosexual guys into gay guys in hopes of
"remasculizing the recipient. "Drug, Strychnine, Genital Mutilation Medical professional Denslow
Lewis believed that ladies brought up in affluent 19th century residences could create"sex-related
hyperesthesia [extreme sensitivity to stimuli] and become lesbians. In order to heal these ladies (a
href ="http://www.glreview.com/article.php?articleid=42 "target= "_ hplink ") he prescribed (/
a)"drug options, saline cathartics,
the surgical"liberation" of adherent clitorises, or even the administration of strychnine by
hypodermic. "Though he declared that some of his patients were"treated" and ended up being other
halves and mothers, one went crazy and perished in an asylum. Hoping"Pray the gay away!"has
actually come to be the battle cry of the conversion therapy movement. From (a>
href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161883/michele-bachmann-husband-ex-gay-therapy"target
="_ hplink ") Marcus Bachmann's claimed sale center (/ a) to (a href="
http://outspokennyc.com/shoutout/scuse-me-gay-sashay-away" target=" _ hplink ") an ex-gay iPhone
application (/ a), those that think homosexuality is not simply incorrect but curable depend on the
power of prayer to make