In 2002, a small group of homophobic pediatricians defected from the American Academy of Pedatrics after it adopted a resolution in support of gay parents. These unethical practitioners then founded the American College of Pediatrics, which is not actually a college at all, but an anti-LBGT activist organization whose board is made up of a significant number of anti-gay, anti-trans activists from the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality.
In March of this year, the ACP sent a letter to every Superintendent of every US school district citing non-existent studies or misinterpreting data in an attempt to “prove” that a) people are not born Queer or Trans and thus, b) LBGT youth can be “fixed” with corrective therapy.
This is utter nonsense and incredibly dangerous. Medical practitioners are in a unique position to influence public opinion and school policy in powerful ways because of their status as “experts.”
The hacks behind ACP are not experts. They are a group of anti-gay, anti-trans activists making up statistics or perverting legitimate science for their own hate-filled agendas.
A friend of mine recently said that half of activism is being informed, and I completely agree.
The ACP is trying to sabotage Queer and Trans youth by spreading misinformation, so its up to us to be informed and keep others informed.
Although I’m not psyched about the American Psychological Association’s classification of Transgender existence as a psychological disorder, they have compiled a real resource guide for schools that accurately cites real studies and encourages schools to support their LBGT students.
From the APA’s Just the Facts resource guide:
The idea that homosexuality is a mental disorder or that the emergence of same-sex attraction and orientation among some adolescents is in any way abnormal or mentally unhealthy has no support among any mainstream health and mental health organizations.
Consider taking action by presenting your local school officials with the APA’s resource guide to combat the ACP’s anti-LBGT propaganda!
For more info, check out these links:
I Am Against the Letter Sent Out by the ACP
Box Turtle Bulletin
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