Tag Archives: American Psychiatric Association

LGBT Activist – Youth Will Never Turn Back?

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Gallup recently released poll results showing that 7.2% of American adults identify as "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual." When Gallup first started measuring LGBT statistics in 2012, this number was 3.5%, which means that the LGBT community as a proportion of the U.S. population has doubled over the last ten years.

Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen, Sexuality | Tagged American Psychiatric Association, Cathy Renna, Gallup poll, LGBTQ, mental illness | Comments Off

Division 44

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

The U.S. Center for Disease Control is sending out an LGBTQ inclusive self-assessment guide to all schools in the country. The agency wants to find out how committed schools are to providing a safe and inclusive environment for these students. The CDC’s school health division believes that when schools provide such an environment for gay and transgender students, it will improve the health and success of all students.

Posted in Federal, Sexuality | Tagged American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, CDC, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Division 44, DSM-II, GLSEN, GSA, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Judith Glassgold, LGBTQ, Liberation Psychology, U.S. Center for Disease Control | Comments Off

Yale’s “Trans” Research Discredited and Retracted

Posted on August 15, 2020 by David E Smith

It’s hard to overstate the importance of the recent retraction by the American Journal of Psychiatry of a landmark study purporting to demonstrate mental health improvements of transitioning.

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged A.J. Reynolds, AMA, American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, Arcus Foundation, Deborah So, detransitioning, Hacsi Horvath, Julian Vigo, Ken Zucker, Mark Regnerus, Mary Davenport, Quentin Van Meter, Richard Bränström, Yale School of Public Health in New Haven | Comments Off

EEOC Rules Gender Identity Disorder Discrimination Is Covered by Title VII

Posted on April 27, 2012 by David E Smith

An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruling that gender identity is covered by Title VII’s prohibition against discrimination based on sex is being hailed as a ”sea change’‘ by transgender activist organizations. But an attorney for Liberty Counsel Action notes that the 1964 Civil Rights Act was never intended to cover gender identity and the ruling “basically says that a Bible bookstore owner, for instance, could not turn away a homosexual, cross-dressing man, a man who likes to wear a miniskirt and lipstick….”

You may remember Laurie Higgins’ articles identifying Georgetown law professor Chai Feldblum, a lesbian activist …

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged American Psychiatric Association, Barney Frank, Chai Feldblum, EEOC, ENDA, Gender Identity Disorder, Peter Sprigg | Comments Off