Comments on: GLBT Addiction Treatment Philosophies and Recovery Issues http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/01/glbt-gay-addiction-treatment-homophobia/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Addiction treatment, drug rehab, substance abuse prevention, sober living information and much more! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:30:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/01/glbt-gay-addiction-treatment-homophobia/comment-page-1/#comment-51459 Jennifer Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:30:28 +0000 http://www.recoveryconnection.org/blog/2007/01/glbt-gay-addiction-treatment-homophobia/#comment-51459 This is a wonderful article. I am a therapist and have been exposed to what are called "ex-gay ministries' where they "educate" glbt people that to be glbt is to be an addict (the orientation itself). I have heard GLBT persons of faith leaving these kinds of "ministries' and had to watch them detox from such harmful messages. My hope is that LGBT affirming therapists and treatment centers will be open and receptive to learning how Fundamental Christians are hurting GLBT people by using the language of pathology and addiction to help them "overcome homosexuality". This is a wonderful article. I am a therapist and have been exposed to what are called “ex-gay ministries’ where they “educate” glbt people that to be glbt is to be an addict (the orientation itself). I have heard GLBT persons of faith leaving these kinds of “ministries’ and had to watch them detox from such harmful messages.

My hope is that LGBT affirming therapists and treatment centers will be open and receptive to learning how Fundamental Christians are hurting GLBT people by using the language of pathology and addiction to help them “overcome homosexuality”.

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