Does reparative therapy work?

Last updated on: April 8, 2016 at 8:10 am by Gerald McDermott

Does reparative therapy work? 2016-04-08T08:10:53-04:00 Gerald McDermott

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According to Walt Heyer, it does. He lived the transgender life and came out of it, thanks to reparative therapy.

Here are some excerpts from a fascinating new article by Heyer.

“Why do these groups so despise the notion that people can make choices about the actions they engage in and even change their attractions? Why do they want to silence any evidence that it has happened? The answer seems obvious: These advocates have the goal of stopping any therapy that proves people can change when it comes to sexual attractions.”

“Clearly, the testimonies of numerous same-sex attracted and transgender people like myself who live out our new, changed lives are the evidence that invalidates the LGBT narrative of ‘born that way.’ Restored lives are living proof that change is possible.”

“If conversion therapy didn’t work, it would die away naturally. There would be no demand. There would be no need for the Southern Poverty Law Center to seek to prevent such therapies from being offered to those who wish to try it. Their complaint is all the proof any court needs to understand that today’s ‘reparative therapy’ is actually effective.”

“I was diagnosed with gender dysphoria by a homosexual gender therapist. He advised me to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Because I trusted his expertise, I followed his advice, and it was a big mistake. Even though I lived the transgender life for eight years as Laura Jensen, a female, my gender issues were not resolved. The surgery was so therapeutically disastrous in my case that I attempted suicide as a way out.”

“Now I share the story of ‘coming out’ of that life. Along the way I have met others who were gay, lesbian, or transgender who share the same changed life experience I have come to love.”

“People who choose to not embrace their same-sex attractions should be afforded the same equal rights as those who embrace them. Laws should not take away their dignity and their free right to rid themselves of same-sex attractions. I have lived free of transgenderism for over twenty years, and I am just one of many examples showing that change is possible. The law should not prevent access to therapy that may save lives just because LGBT supporters want to silence the individuals who chose an alternative path.”

For Heyer’s full article, click here.

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