Homosexuality is something that's becoming more and more normal throughout the nation as people turn away from outdated beliefs and towards acceptance for all members of society- however, even though homosexuality was officially declassified as an illness over 30 years ago, some still believe it as such and view same-sex attraction as unnatural or wrong. These few people, sadly, sometimes attempt to force others to change their sexuality through “brute force”, using tactics that include physical and mental abuse in order to achieve their goal of conforming their patients to their own belief system. Religion is the main drive behind this, and in the words of Ph. D. holding psychologist Douglas Haldeman “the psychological effect of anti-gay religious doctrines can be devastating on lesbians and gay men” (262). In this podcast, I want to enlighten you on just how much this so-called “reparative” therapy really affects its patients, and give you peer-reviewed, factual statistics on the harm that this scummy practice has caused- and still causes- throughout the world.

Here's a link to my script, and my sources are listed below the embedded podcast.