WHO condemns conversion therapy

[BDBoop]

Washington, D.C., 17 May 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Services that purport to "cure" people with non-heterosexual sexual orientation lack medical justification and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a position statement launched on 17 May, the International Day against Homophobia. The statement calls on governments, academic institutions, professional associations and the media to expose these practices and to promote respect for diversity.

Twenty two years ago, on May 17, the World Health Assembly removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders when it approved a new version of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).

"Since homosexuality is not a disorder or a disease, it does not require a cure. There is no medical indication for changing sexual orientation," said PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses Periago. Practices known as "reparative therapy" or "conversion therapy" represent "a serious threat to the health and well-being—even the lives—of affected people."

The PAHO statement notes that there is a professional consensus that homosexuality is a natural variation of human sexuality and cannot be regarded as a pathological condition. However, several United Nations bodies have confirmed the existence of "therapists" and "clinics" that promote treatment intended to change the sexual orientation of non-heterosexual people.

The document notes that no rigorous scientific studies demonstrate any efficacy of efforts to change sexual orientation. However, there are many testimonies about the severe harm to mental and physical health that such "services" can cause. Repression of sexual orientation has been associated with feelings of guilt and shame, depression, anxiety, and even suicide.

Media Release : World Health Organisation releases groundbreaking report condemning ’conversion’ therapies - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

 

[BDBoop]

And on the "opposite of science front:;

That’s when Pacman hit him with the science on homosexuality in the animal kingdom.

“Let’s step back for a second, Gordon, and say okay, let’s assume you’re right that homosexuality among humans is only because of marketing,” Pacman countered. “What about in the 4,000 other species that have homosexuality? Because, as far as I know, they don’t have TV. They don’t have advertising. They don’t have the iTunes store to recruit people. How is it that humans are gay sometimes because of marketing, but 4,000 other species… Why? Is it something else?”

“It is entirely possible — we know from the Bible, for example, when Jesus cast the devil out of Legion, he went into a herd of pigs,” Klingenschmitt said. “So, it is possible for demons or the devil to inhabit or invade animals just the same way they invade humans, and that causes the sin of lust.”

“So, what you’re saying is, in humans it’s marketing that makes people gay; in animals, it’s the souls of gay humans who have invaded the animals,” Pacman replied. “That makes them gay?”

Klingenschmitt laughed and scratched his temple. “Well, I think you twisted what I’m saying there,” he said.

“No, I don’t think I did,” Pacman responded.

Backpedaling, Klingenschmitt explained that he believes marketing to be “related to the demonic, because the devil wants to recruit people into sin.” He added that even Pacman himself was being used by the devil to promote “the homosexual agenda.”

“I don’t promote homosexuality any more than I promote being tall,” Pacman deadpanned.

Former Navy chaplain insists gay demons can infect animals | The Raw Story

 

[uscitizen]

Gay demons infecting animals?

Is that why my brothers dog hunches my leg?

 

[whitehall]

You might not be crazy booper. Feel better?

 

[Vidi]

somebodys been watching too much Supernatural...

( fun show btw )

 

[uscitizen]

I totally agree with the OP.

Not sure what I can add to it other than to say that I think those who think you can cure gayness are idiots.
Ted Haggard (ex spiritual advisor to former president Bush) agrees btw.

 

[del]

i give up, who?

 

[BDBoop]

somebodys been watching too much Supernatural...

( fun show btw )

<3 Sam & Dean.

 

[uscitizen]

i give up, who?

You.

 

[Valerie]

i give up, who?

 

[William Joyce]

Accept how people really feel.

Sure.

Except when they FEEL that homosexuality is wrong. Then we don't accept that.

 

[BDBoop]

Accept how people really feel.

Sure.

Except when they FEEL that homosexuality is wrong. Then we don't accept that.

What a crock.

Is anybody giving you electroshock therapy so you'll stop thinking it's wrong to be gay? Then STFU.

 

[Vidi]

Accept how people really feel.

Sure.

Except when they FEEL that homosexuality is wrong. Then we don't accept that.

Youre welcome to FEEL however you want.

However, you are not welcome to legislate those feeling to keep the rights expressed ion the Constitution from any group.

 

[Political Junky]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkip6V2YQLo]HRC: Mormon leader Boyd K. Packer gives anti-gay sermon after suicides - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Political Junky]

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[Artevelde]

Washington, D.C., 17 May 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Services that purport to "cure" people with non-heterosexual sexual orientation lack medical justification and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a position statement launched on 17 May, the International Day against Homophobia. The statement calls on governments, academic institutions, professional associations and the media to expose these practices and to promote respect for diversity.

Twenty two years ago, on May 17, the World Health Assembly removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders when it approved a new version of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).

"Since homosexuality is not a disorder or a disease, it does not require a cure. There is no medical indication for changing sexual orientation," said PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses Periago. Practices known as "reparative therapy" or "conversion therapy" represent "a serious threat to the health and well-being—even the lives—of affected people."

The PAHO statement notes that there is a professional consensus that homosexuality is a natural variation of human sexuality and cannot be regarded as a pathological condition. However, several United Nations bodies have confirmed the existence of "therapists" and "clinics" that promote treatment intended to change the sexual orientation of non-heterosexual people.

The document notes that no rigorous scientific studies demonstrate any efficacy of efforts to change sexual orientation. However, there are many testimonies about the severe harm to mental and physical health that such "services" can cause. Repression of sexual orientation has been associated with feelings of guilt and shame, depression, anxiety, and even suicide.

Media Release : World Health Organisation releases groundbreaking report condemning ’conversion’ therapies - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Why do you use a false title? It's not the WHO coming out with this statement but another regional organization.

 

[editec]

The only thing that kind of charletanism can do is help people already in the closet STAY in the closet.

Homophobes are all gay.

Their obsession with gay sex telegraphs their inherent gayness.

 

[BDBoop]

Washington, D.C., 17 May 2012 (PAHO/WHO) — Services that purport to "cure" people with non-heterosexual sexual orientation lack medical justification and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a position statement launched on 17 May, the International Day against Homophobia. The statement calls on governments, academic institutions, professional associations and the media to expose these practices and to promote respect for diversity.

Twenty two years ago, on May 17, the World Health Assembly removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders when it approved a new version of the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).

"Since homosexuality is not a disorder or a disease, it does not require a cure. There is no medical indication for changing sexual orientation," said PAHO Director Dr. Mirta Roses Periago. Practices known as "reparative therapy" or "conversion therapy" represent "a serious threat to the health and well-being—even the lives—of affected people."

The PAHO statement notes that there is a professional consensus that homosexuality is a natural variation of human sexuality and cannot be regarded as a pathological condition. However, several United Nations bodies have confirmed the existence of "therapists" and "clinics" that promote treatment intended to change the sexual orientation of non-heterosexual people.

The document notes that no rigorous scientific studies demonstrate any efficacy of efforts to change sexual orientation. However, there are many testimonies about the severe harm to mental and physical health that such "services" can cause. Repression of sexual orientation has been associated with feelings of guilt and shame, depression, anxiety, and even suicide.

Media Release : World Health Organisation releases groundbreaking report condemning ’conversion’ therapies - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Why do you use a false title? It's not the WHO coming out with this statement but another regional organization.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with over 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas. It enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system, serving as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization, and as the health organization of the Inter-American System.

 

[Artevelde]

Media Release : World Health Organisation releases groundbreaking report condemning ’conversion’ therapies - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Why do you use a false title? It's not the WHO coming out with this statement but another regional organization.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with over 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas. It enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system, serving as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization, and as the health organization of the Inter-American System.

So again: why did you falsely write that the WHO had put out this statement when it was another more limited regional organization and NOT the WHO?

 

[BDBoop]

See that link? In the first post. Follow the link, grab it from the address bar in your browser, drop it in a post.

What does it say.

And don't give me that shit. The Regional Office for the Americas of

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

is still

PAHO, part of the United Nations system, serving as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization, and as the health organization of the Inter-American System.

Numbnuts.