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The Rainbow Festival Article: Skagit Valley Herald
MOUNT VERNON
— Sarah Stitch wishes that when she attended high school, gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues were talked about in
her health class.
The 21-year-old
Marysville resident said she didn’t really have anyone to talk
to when she realized she wasn’t like her heterosexual classmates.
It didn’t feel safe to come out of the closet until she was
18, she said.
“I got dragged
into a Gay/Straight Alliance meeting, and that changed my life,”
Stitch said.
Stitch was
one of about 150 people attending the Over the Rainbow Festival
at Mount Vernon High School.
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Experts
agree on ex-gay "therapy": "Mental health professionals
should not tell patients that they can change their sexual orientation"
There is no evidence to support the claims of some practitioners
that sexual orientation can be changed through therapy, a special
committee of the American Psychological Assn. reported today.
Mental health professionals should not tell patients that they
can change their sexual orientation and instead should help
them "explore possible life paths that address the reality
of their sexual orientation," according to the report,
which was released at a Toronto meeting of the association and
online.
From the
American Psychological Association release:
The American
Psychological Association adopted a resolution Wednesday stating
that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients
that they can change their sexual orientation through therapy
or other treatments.
The "Resolution
on Appropriate Affirmative Responses to Sexual Orientation Distress
and Change Efforts" also advises that parents, guardians,
young people and their families avoid sexual orientation treatments
that portray homosexuality as a mental illness or developmental
disorder and instead seek psychotherapy, social support and
educational services "that provide accurate information
on sexual orientation and sexuality, increase family and school
support and reduce rejection of sexual minority youth."
The approval,
by APA's governing Council of Representatives, came at APA's
annual convention, during which a task force presented a report
that in part examined the efficacy of so-called "reparative
therapy," or sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE).
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