GUILD: Straight Talk: Elite Universities and the Genesis of Gay Conversion Therapy

Title: Straight Talk: Elite Universities and the Genesis of Gay Conversion Therapy 1900-2015

Presenter:  J. Seth Anderson, PhD Candidate (he/his)

Description:  Mr. Anderson will share his research with us, exploring the relationship between academia and the state in creating and reinforcing ideas of sexual orientation change efforts across space and time and how this process made visible the abstract tensions between “expert authority” and individual choices as they relate to sexual identities.

Learning Objectives: Based on this presentation I …

1.  …have learned the history of sexual orientation change efforts, including practises, theories, and reasons given in the past to treat homosexuality.
2.  …can describe the history of practices that developed in American universities to modify homosexual identities.
3.  …can identify historical phases wherein licensed therapists imposed political agendas on the practice of mental health and clinical care.

CEU’s have been applied for all in‐service programs through Rocky Mountain University and the Utah Psychological Association.

CEUs are free for Guild members & $5 for non‐members, per meeting. If you do not want a CEU certificate, attendance is free to the public but still require that you register.

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