Friday, March 27, 2009

Even your therapist might be homophobic

Even the occupations that you might think would be more accepting of the diversity in our world are often discriminatory.

LONDON - A sixth of British therapists said they had tried to help gay, bisexual and lesbian patients become heterosexual, even though evidence suggests such therapies can be harmful, according to a survey released on Thursday.
Michael King of University College London, who published his findings in the journal BMC Pyschiatry, said the number of therapists who said they had tried to help a person change their sexual orientation was surprising.

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