Article: Who has the right to go straight?(controversy over treatment of homosexuality as a mental illness)(Brief Article)

Article: Psychology and sexual orientation.(Psychological ...
The Journal of Sex Research;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... heterosexuality) as a mental illness. A key figure in ... studies discounting mental illness differences between ... biological bases of sexual orientation. Most readers will ... sociological theories of sexual orientation remain unwritten ...

Article: Sexual orientation, sense of belonging and ...
International Journal of Men's Health;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... occur. Keywords: sexual orientation, gay men, depression ... Sexual orientation has been identified ... and indicative of mental illness (Silverstein ... self-identified sexual orientation (Hetrick & ...

Article: Sex-Ed Plan Could Revive 2005 Debate; Montgomery Lessons Tackle ...
The Washington Post;  January 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... plans yesterday on sexual orientation and condom use ... 2004, introduce sexual orientation topics to eighth ... views, such as that sexual orientation is a choice or that ... not a disease or mental illness and that sexuality ...

Article: Come out, come out whatever you've got! or, still crazy after all ...
Feminist Studies;  March 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... a mental disorder.' After nearly a century of being a mental illness, homosexuality had gotten better. A miracle of modern ... called crazy anymore. Personally, I never subscribed to the mental illness view of lesbianism, even in my first fearful months of ...

Article: Stereotyping by sexual orientation harmful to ...
University Wire;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... called "normal," the homophobic people who hate, wear themselves out saying that anything but heterosexuality is a mental illness, a perversion, a bastardization of what their god intended. We choose to act on what we are out of masochism or a need ...

Article: Church to focus on mental illness
The Boston Globe;  September 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... percent have a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia ... have a history of mental illness. The pastor at Lexington ... to terms with his sexual orientation and had attempted ... with depression or mental illness need a network of ...

Article: WASHINGTON STATE OFFICIALS SAY SHARON ALLEN LAWSUIT IMPROVED ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... people with disabilities and mental illness. Sharon Allen, et al. v ... developmental disabilities and mental illness. "The accomplishments are ... status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, veteran's status ...