Getting Shocked By the Machines Once Used to ‘Cure
Did Mike Pence Support 'Gay Conversion' Therapy? While running for Congress, Indiana governor Mike Pence called for state funding for "institutions" working to enable people to "change their. CW: aversion therapy, homophobia, transphobia, psychiatric abuse, mention of conversion therapy. Walking through the ONE Archives, the Farrall Instruments AV 5 Visually Keyed Shocker, a stand-alone dark green device covered in switches and buttons, is an unnerving and rare item —a sterile metal island between stacks of periodicals and archival materials. Gay 'conversion therapy'
An earlier article on the use of aversion therapy to “shock the gay away” was published by HuffPost, written by then ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives Project Manager Jamie Scot in You can find that article here. For a video introduction, see our TikTok on the machine here. Join the HuffPost Community. Membership connects you to a movement of readers who believe good journalism builds a better world. Shock the Gay Away
Conversion therapy has morphed and evolved since the “pray the gay away” style of camps, conferences and retreats that drew controversy in the s and s. A gay man who went through months of electric shock "therapy" in a university psychology department 50 years ago has demanded an apology. Chris - not his real name - went to his GP for advice in the s, when he became aware of his sexuality in his mids. 
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New Zealand’s own self-described mad professor, Boris van Galvin, has a working collection of more than 30 electro-therapy machines. Once used as a kind of cure-all for common household ailments. It's an issue that has been debated in news articles, Twitter and television interviews in recent days in a high-profile back-and-forth between Pence and gay Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon — a spat that included an unusual pushback from Pence, whose long record of being on the opposite side of issues important to the gay and lesbian community is otherwise undisputed. Here's what the campaign statement said in part: "Resources should be directed toward those institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their sexual behavior.
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Electrocute means to execute with electricity. Which he never said obviously. He supports gay conversion therapy. Which used to used shock therapy but not anymore. I doubt pence cares much what method is used to convert the gays and gay conversion therapy is total BS. About this rating. Mike Pence once supported the use of federal funding to treat people "seeking to change their sexual behavior. Did Mike Pence Support 'Gay Conversion' Therapy?
A gay man who went through months of electric shock "therapy" in a university psychology department 50 years ago has demanded an apology. . 
New Vice President Mike Pence supported ‘gay cure’ therapy
WASHINGTON — What is Vice President Mike Pence's position on the discredited practice of trying to change a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation through “ conversion therapy. .
Is there proof that Mike Pence said that he wants to
And, of course, you can't be elected president--Pence's eyes were always on the future--without support from the GOP's far right base. After shutting down the process, he has recently been opining that it would be a good idea to get federal money to fund preschools. .