It’s been widely discredited as unethical and ineffective,yet ex-homosexual therapy is still prevalent across the US – and a scuttle is under way to add a pro-conversion therapy plank to the Republican party platform at its conference next weekBrian Nesbitt’s therapist made a suggestion in one of their sessions: put a rubber band around a wrist. Every time he had self-destructive thoughts he should snap it so it stung. “That was supposed to back curb my desires,” he said.
But Nesbitt was not aiming to give up smoking or quit alcohol. He was trying to think himself straight. Whenever he had sexual thoughts about a man he needed to flick the band against his skin. Another time, and the therapist made a unfamiliar request: close your eyes and turn yourself on. He broke an ammonia capsule under my nose … My eyes and nose were wateringWe have had people … that have desired to have families and be married and some … have succeeded in accomplishing thatIn the face of growing opposition,the Texas Republican Party has reiterated its support for conversion therapyContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com