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Right now you may be crazy for wearing a dress or pants. You can help change that.

Wednesday, 8 June 2011 – 8:00 AM | Comments Off on Right now you may be crazy for wearing a dress or pants. You can help change that.
Right now you may be crazy for wearing a dress or pants. You can help change that.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the last word defining “mental illness” to mental health, medical, and legal professionals — despite its many flaws and biases. It has a long record of being used to label gays and lesbians as “deviant.” It’s still being used that way against trans people

George Rekers, “Kraig,” and the lie of “ex-gay” therapy

Tuesday, 7 June 2011 – 1:29 PM | One Comment
George Rekers, “Kraig,” and the lie of “ex-gay” therapy

An in-depth investigation exposes the true story of the “landmark case” that made disgraced ex-gay therapist George Rekers’ antigay career. Box Turtle Bulletin spoke with family and friends who knew the real “Kraig” to reveal the tragedy of a terrible experiment on a young boy which haunted him for the rest of his life.