Dr. Jason Winters
Registered Psychologist
Sex Therapist
Finally, this story is getting mainstream airtime and the practitioners of reparative therapy are being taken to task. George Rekers is one of the pioneers of this type of extremely cruel and harmful treatment, and a former officer and scientific advisor of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). Not at all coincidentally, he was caught going on a trip to Europe with a rent boy who provided him "sexual massages." From CNN:
In 1970, a five-year-old boy named Kirk Murphy was subjected to an ex-gay experiment. Under the care of Dr Ivor Lovaas and George Rekers, then a doctoral student, of UCLA, he underwent therapy to eliminate supposed effeminate behaviors.
In 1970, a five-year-old boy named Kirk Murphy was subjected to an ex-gay experiment. Under the care of Dr Ivor Lovaas and George Rekers, then a doctoral student, of UCLA, he underwent therapy to eliminate supposed effeminate behaviors.
In 1970, a five-year-old boy named Kirk Murphy was subjected to an ex-gay experiment. Under the care of Dr Ivor Lovaas and George Rekers, then a doctoral student, of UCLA, he underwent therapy to eliminate supposed effeminate behaviors.