Posts Tagged ‘Equality’

The conversion therapy techniques included having them strip naked in group sessions, cuddling and intimate holding of others of the same-sex, violently beating an effigy of their mothers with a tennis racket, visiting bath houses “in order to be nude with father figures,” and being “subjected to ridicule as ‘faggots’ and ‘homos’ in mock locker room scenarios,” the suit said.”

The article focuses on the false promises made by conversion therapists and the lawsuit formed to hold them liable. Alan Duke incorporates evidence from the “converters” and attempted converted to form a thoughtful and provocative piece detailing the controversy.

The Russian courts rejected complaints over Madonna breaking Russian law “banning the promotion of ‘homosexual propaganda’ to minors”. Madonna spoke in support for Pussy Riot and Gay Rights, during a concert this summer. Apparently gunning for equal rights in Russia leads to a rise in divorce rates and the “destruction of a nation”. Article link embedded in picture.