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Reparative therapy? But what’s to be Repaired?

Posted by gaycounselling on Tuesday, October 12, 2010, In : mental health 
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‘Reparative Therapy’, ‘Conversion Therapy’, ‘Ex-Gay Therapy’... Different names for what is essentially the same thing: treatment of a person that claims to be able to change sexual orientation.

There have been no studies of adequate scientific rigor to show that these approaches work or are in any way effective. In fact the most reputable American medical and scientific organizations have expressed concern over counseling and psychological practices like conversion therapy a...


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Life as a Gay Person: It Gets Better.

Posted by gaycounselling on Thursday, September 23, 2010, In : mental health 

Despite the improvements in some countries for gay people, teenagers and young people at school still experience anti-gay taunts and bullying. But those of us who are gay and made it through the homophobia of our school years know that it gets better.

Dan Savage is a gay US columnist and author who writes about homophobia, gay life and sexuality. Recently he started a the It Gets Better Project on Youtube aimed at providing information and positive role models to young gay people who are going...
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Feel Better About Sex

Posted by gaycounselling on Friday, May 14, 2010, In : Sex and sexual health 

Sometimes we don’t feel good about having sex or bad after we have had sex. People can get the idea that because they enjoy sex and then feel bad later they have sex addiction. If our upbringing or family or the dominant ideas around us have not been supportive of our sexuality, we may find it is difficult to be who we are!

If you feel bad about having sex, there are some things you can do.

  1. Get to know some other gay men or lesbians who feel good about their sexuality;
  2. Say to yourself that jus...

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