Ep 32 - Mormon Gay Conversion Therapy

From Evergreen to North Star, gay-conversion therapy runs deep through Mormon tradition. October headlines blazed with the LDS church opposing a ban on conversion therapy for minors which was defended, misrepresented, and misunderstood by much of the media. We deep dive on conversion therapy in Mormonism and discuss some of the names associated with this abusive and anti-science practice. After that Braden talks about a climate change movie and some YouTubers getting together to plant some trees!

Sources for conversion therapy stuff:

Evergreen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_International North Star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star_(organization) A. Dean Byrd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Dean_Byrd NARTH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_Research_%26_Therapy_of_Homosexuality https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_Research_%26_Therapy_of_Homosexuality Joseph Nicolosi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_NicolosiEvergreen expose https://truthwinsout.org/ministry-evergreen-international/ Gay Rights and Political Correctness: A Brief History https://web.archive.org/web/20051220234201/http://narth.com/docs/schoenewolf2.html Conversion therapy VICE expose https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jmvya8/i-joined-a-bunch-of-gay-conversion-groups NARTH rebrand https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/ex-gay-group-attempts-rebranding-narth-conversion-therapy/ ATCSI (Formerly NARTH) https://www.therapeuticchoice.com/why-the-alliance-supports-safe-ther September 1999 gay conversion therapy Ensign article https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1999/09/when-a-loved-one-struggles-with-same-sex-attraction?lang=eng North Star founder comments https://truthwinsout.org/pressrelease/2014/01/38796/ North Star staff https://truthwinsout.org/news/2013/07/36344/ North Star founder defense of conversion therapy https://nypost.com/2013/07/22/a-low-attack-on-same-sex-therapy/ North Star support group criteria https://www.northstarlds.org/join-facebook-mens North Star President’s Message https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca12d887fdcb87df5da2b9f/t/5d3e724604588900019087ad/1564373583142/North+Star+President+Message+Winter+2018.pdf HB 399 https://le.utah.gov/~2019/bills/static/HB0399.html Psychologist Licensing Act Rule https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r156/r156-61.htm Mormon church opposes LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ ban https://apnews.com/da5c04204c194e11a5836495f36d818d SL Tribune church opposing conversion therapy ban article https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/10/21/lds-church-says-proposed/ Church’s press release opposing act https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/statement-proposed-rule-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-change LDS Church defends its objections to proposed gay conversion therapy ban https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rXWY-HPQHA

Media of Great Price:First Reformed (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6053438

Light of Gazalem:https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/31/20941626/teamtrees-youtuber-charity-fundraiser-climate-change-trees-musk-dorsey-pewdiepie