By: Kathleen Self

Kathleen Self — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:12:47 +0000

I am not surprised at the difference in the AP article and the Wall St. Journal one. I used to teach high school psychology, and I always told my students that the APA used to list homosexuality as a mental disorder prior to 1973 when I believed it was removed for political purposes. In 1997 I attended a conference at Georgetown Univ. on homosexuality and someone who had undergone “reparative” therapy gave a talk. He was very impressive and I met him. I had registered for the conference after seeing the advertisement in “First Things”. An unusual thing happened to me, Andrew Sullivan, the infamous homosexual journalist sat by me and was very friendly. I did not know who he was at that time. He is a conservative on some issues. Then later, I wanted to meet Fr. Neuhaus and he autographed the June 1997 issue of my “First Things” I used to love his column, so I asked for his autograph. I was fired from teaching high school in 1997, and I never got to have a hearing, was denied due process, but I think the real reason was that I attended that conference (and perhaps I was politically incorrect). I later became caretaker of my parents and their estate until their deaths, when I retired and now I write e-mails mostly.

By: Tom Cabeen

Tom Cabeen — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:33:13 +0000

I believe this to be the actual document issued by the APA, containing its guidelines, for comparison: http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/guidelines.html

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