Masters and Johnson

For decades, anti-gay organizations have gleefully pointed to Masters & Johnson's 1979 book, "Homosexuality in Perspective", that claimed to cure homosexuality. Indeed, Dr. William H. Masters and Virgina E. Johnson, the husband and wife sex research team, went on Meet the Press on Sunday, April 22, 1979, to discuss their finding that homosexuals could be converted into heterosexuals.

The book has since been used by the so-called "ex-gay" industry to "prove" gays could go straight, if they just tried hard enough.

In his groundbreaking new book, "Masters of Sex", author Thomas Maier discovered through investigative reporting that the results of Masters & Johnson's study were entirely fabricated. Virginia Johnson acknowledged that the results were fake. She had actually argued in 1978 that book should never have seen the light of day - but it was already to late in the publishing process to undo the damage.

One can not overstate the importance of Maier's findings. They undo the very underpinnings of the so-called "ex-gay" therapy movement, further showing that there is no scientific evidence or data to support the outdated idea that gay people can become heterosexual through therapy.

Indeed, many people who have undergone such "treatment" claim the experience was harmful and that they were psychologically damaged. The American Psychiatric Association says that attempts to change sexual orientation can lead to "anxiety, depression and self-destructive behavior."

Scientific American Story: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=homosexuality-cure-masters-j...

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[wbesen]

The Mike Signorile Show on Sirius did an excellent interview with him a few years back.

[TheStrong32]

This is really important. 

[Jamieishere1]

Great, thanks for uploading, hope it stays up for a long time so the truth gets out there.

[PeterOrszagCallMe]

Very interesting. I heard an interview where he only mentioned this in passing so I'm glad to hear him talk about it more expansively.

[patrickometry]

Thanks for making a video with Thomas Maier. Sharing this at the GCRM (Gay Civil Rights Movement) Media Center on Facebook and here on YouTube. See my channel for details.

[fg68at]

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