Queer cures
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Psychiatrist Michael Knight has a forthcoming paper on perverted attempts to 'cure' people with my sexual orientation.
In the 1920s, mainstream medical researchers in Germany implanted testicles from corpses into the bodies of homosexual men, usually without their knowledge. The idea was to boost testosterone levels. ...
In the 1950s and 1960s, behavioural therapy was used to try to "cure" gay men. Men convicted of homosexual acts were routinely given electric shock treatment, hallucinogenic drugs and subjected to brainwashing techniques.
Brian Wheeler, BBC News Online Magazine: When gays were 'cured'
When I was 18 I discovered Oh boy! Oh joy! I'm gay, a couple of months ago I said Damn! I'm glad to be gay.
[Listening to: Falling Out Of Love - Aretha Franklin - So Damm Happy 2003 (04:31)]