NATION : Homosexuality ‘Cure’ Blasted
A conference on curing homosexuality through sports and therapy has drawn fire from some health professionals and gay activists who say homosexuality cannot be cured because it is not a disease.
The Utah chapter of the National Assn. of Social Workers voted 6 to 5 last week not to allow social workers who attend the conference to receive academic “continuing education” credit for doing so.
Evergreen Foundation, a group describing itself as a nonprofit organization of former homosexuals and friends, is sponsoring the event.
Evergreen President Alan Seegmiller said organizers believe that homosexuality is caused by “a gender inferiority complex originating in early childhood” that can be turned around if a homosexual wants to change.
The American Psychiatric Assn. dropped homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973.
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