Back at the start of the “noughties” two papers were published that explored issues around Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE). The first, by Robert Spitzer who was part of the Task Force on the APA that removed homosexuality from the …

Two Important Papers – Ten Years On Read more »

Interesting Stuff. People  are asking me about Robert Spitzer’s reported desire to retract his study of 200 people who claimed to have experience change of their sexual orientation. It is unclear what people want me to say. When I first …

Mark Yarhouse on the Spitzer Retraction Read more »

As Warren Throckmorton (amongst others) reports, Dr Robert Spitzer has asked to retract a paper he authored in 2003 examining the anecdotal reporting of almost 200 people who had been through an “ex-gay” programme. Knowing this article was coming, I …

Spitzer Retracts his 2001 Paper – Kind Of… Read more »

Some interesting thoughts from Tim Wilkins. Can anybody say “post-gay“? Society in general and churches in particular mistakenly believe freedom from homosexuality is marrying, having 2.3 children and a dog in the back yard. A 2001 secular study on the …

The True Meaning of Change Read more »