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“GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES:  WHAT KINDS OF TRAUMA DO THEY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT MARRY”
Panel Member in Workshop of the Committee on Gay and Lesbian Issues
American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, NY, January 19, 2006.
"Conversion Attempts Mostly Lead
to Harm."
Op-Ed
Nashville Tennessean, Nashville, TN,
August 16, 2007.
“SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: A PEDAGOGY WORKSHOP” "Furor Over Baptist's Gay-Baby Article"
Psychiatric expert appointed to American Psychological Association task force on patients conflicted about sexual orientation.
Associated Press (New York Times), July 10, 2007.
“FROM BISEXUALITY TO INTERSEXUALITY:  RETHINKING GENDER CATEGORIES”
•  Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, Chicago, IL, April 25, 2006.
•  Grand Rounds Speaker, Harvard Longwood Psychiatry, Cambridge, MA, March 7, 2006. Panel Member, Workshop on teaching psychoanalytic theories and texts to social science students

"New Ground in Debate on Curing Gays"
Psychiatric expert criticizing conversion therapies.
Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2007.
“THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH GAY PATIENTS”
Institute of Psychoanalysis, Chicago, IL, April 26, 2006..Co-sponsors: New York University Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality & City University of New York Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) , New York, NY, February 28, 2006.
"Therapy Aims to Make Ex-Gays"
Psychiatric expert criticizing conversion therapies.
Chicago Tribune, June 11, 2007.

“HOMOSEXUAITY AND ITS VICISSITUDES: THE ‘HOMOSEXUAL OTHER’ IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY AND PRAXIS”
"Furor Over Baptist's Gay-Baby Article"
Reaction to Southern Baptist Seminary leader affirming biological origins of homosexuality.
Associated Press (New York Times), March 14, 2007.

“HOMOSEXUALITY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: FROM THE PREOEDIPAL TO THE POSTMODERN”Diversity Panel: “Encountering the Mysterious Other: Hidden~ Obstacles to Exploration of Difference,” Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, CA,
May 13, 2006
"A Case of Gender Blues: Florida Official May Be Fired over Sex Change"
Psychiatric expert on mental health approaches toward gender identity disorder.
Newsweek, March 12, 2007

“THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CLOSET”
Discussion Group Leader
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, CA,
May 22, 2006.Presidential Lecture,
50th Annual Meeting
"Can Therapy Turn Gays Straight?"
Psychiatric expert discussing the APA position on sexual conversion therapy.
People Magazine, February 26, 2007, pp. 79-80.

“A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR DSM-V:  MENTAL HEALTH IN THE GAY, LESBIAN, AND BISEXUAL POPULATIONS”
Co-Chair, Component Workshop
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, CA, May 24, 2006.American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, Toronto, ON, CA,
May 19, 2006.
"Some Tormented by Homosexuality Look to a Controversial Therapy"
Psychiatric expert discussing the APA position on sexual conversion therapy.
New York Times, February 8, 2007, pp. B1, B6.

“CAN I CHANGE? A JOURNEY THROUGH EX-GAY MINISTRIES AND BEYOND”

"My Big Bad Mouth"
Psychiatric expert discussing the psychological treatment of prejudice.
New York Times, February 8, 2007, p. G1-2.
“ETHICAL ISSUES IN SEXUAL CONVERSION (‘REPARATIVE’) THERAPIES”
•  Plenary Speaker, 25th Annual Conference, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, San Francisco,    CA, October 13, 2006.
•  Grand Rounds Speaker, St. Luke’s—Roosevelt Hospital Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York, June 21, 2006.
•  Member, Panel Presentation, “Meeting the Needs of our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender    Patients and their Families, American Medical           Association, Chicago, IL, June 12, 2006
•  Grand Rounds Speaker, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York, January 26, 2006. Panel Member, Issue Workshop
"Ousted Pastor 'Completely Heterosexual'"
Psychiatric expert discussing evangelical preacher's announcement of having become heterosexual.
New York Times, February 7, 2007, p. A11.

“FROM BISEXUALITY AND HOMOSEXUALITY TO INTERSEXUALITY:  RETHINKING GENDER CATEGORIES”
Grand Rounds Speaker, Department of Psychiatry, St. Luke’s—Roosevelt Medical Center
New York, NY, February 23, 2005
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, CA,
May 25, 2006.
"Transgender people are Born One Gender but Identify with Other"
Psychiatric spokesperson on transgenderism.
Lansing State Journal, January 21, 2007.

Panel Member, “Queering Psychoanalysis,” Colloquium Series, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, September 16, 2005

"At Dunbar, Josh Faced Frequent Harassment"
Psychiatric spokesperson on effects of bullying on gay kids.
Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, November 19, 2006.
Keynote Speaker, “What Freud Couldn’t Understand:  Thinking Outside the Two Gender Model,”
Fall Conference of the Suffolk Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Melville, NY, November 6, 2004.

"Haggard Case Revives Gay Therapy Debate"
Psychiatric spokesperson on harm done by sexual conversion therapy.
Associated Press (Washington Post), November 15, 2006.
Panel Member, “Alternating Currents in Bisexuality,” Conference on Longing: 
Psychoanalytic Musings on Desire,” William Alanson White Institute, New York, NY, October 23, 2004.

"Pastor's Case Stirs Debate"
Psychiatric spokesperson on harm done by sexual conversion therapy.
Denver Post, November 11, 2006.

“CHALLENGES WHEN PSYCHIATRISTS SEEK TREATMENT FOR THEMSELVES”
Issues Workshop
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA,
May 26, 2005

“Doc Says Prison Bigs Fret Clinic’s Sex Change Calls”
Psychiatric spokesperson on history of treatment for Gender Identity Disorder.
Boston Herald, Boston, MA, June 2, 2006

“I DO, BUT I CAN’T:  MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AROUND GAY MARRIAGE”
Participant, Component Workshop
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, May 23, 2005

“Study Finds Link Between Having Older Brothers, Sexual Orientation”
Psychiatric spokesperson on study of relationship between fraternal birth order and homosexuality.
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2006.

“’FIXING FRANK’:  THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH GAY MEN”
Participant, Media Workshop
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA,
May 23, 2005

“Straight Talk on Homosexuality”
Psychiatric spokesperson commenting on distinctions between pedophilia and homosexuality.
Prince George Sentinel, Prince George County, MD, July 6, 2006, p. E-2.

“QUEERING PSYCHOANALYSIS:  THE RELATIONAL TURN”
Moderator, Panel Discussion
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS, CUNY), New York, NY, March 24, 2005

“Rights Panel Studies ‘Gender Identity’”
Psychiatric spokesperson commenting on gender dysphoria as Broward County contemplates antidiscrimination protections for transgendered individuals.
Miami Herald, August, 27, 2006.

“THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH GAY PATIENTS”
Keynote Speaker, Queer Analysis Conference
Sponsored by Pink Therapy, London, UK, October 16, 2004

“What One Fewer Planet Means to Our Worldview”
Psychiatric spokesperson commenting on the psychological need to create categories.
Washington Post, August, 28, 2006, p. A02.

 “Conference in Indian Wells to Challenge Views on Homosexuality”
Psychiatric spokesperson on harmful effects of sexual conversion therapies.
Press-Enterprise (Inland Southern California), September 22, 2006

“Homosexuality Research Sparks Debate”Psychiatric spokesperson on genetic research and homosexuality.North West Indiana Times, September 28, 2006

 “Foley Follies:  “I Am a Gay American Alcoholic Sex Abuse Victim”
Psychiatric spokesperson debunking relationship between pedophilia and homosexuality.
Gay City News, October 5, 2006

“Foley Incident Stirs up a Stereotype about Gay Men”
Psychiatric spokesperson debunking relationship between pedophilia and homosexuality.
San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 2006, p. A11.

“Being True to Themselves”
Psychiatric spokesperson on transgenderism.
Louisville Courier-Journal, October 15, 2006.

Time Magazine: The Battle Over Gay Teens

Washington Post: Vowing to Set the World Straight

New York Times:  Gay Teenager Stirs a Storm

Salon.com:  Turning Off Gays

National Public Radio:  Making Gays Straight

ABC News:  'Ex-Gay' Camps, Therapy Programs Attract Controversy

ABC News:  'Ex-Gay' Camps, Therapy Programs Attract Controversy (part 2)


LA Times:  The Kinsey Effect

LA Times:  Texas Might Ban Gay Foster Parenting

Boston Globe: 'Ex-gay' ministry reaches out to Hub
Critics abound, but converts credit God


USA Today:  eHarmony: Heart and Soul

Fox News Network: The O'Reilly Factor:


CTV:  Gays can turn straight, study claims

Seattle Times:  Faithful split over whether gays can, should change

Southern Voice:  Leading mental health group backs same-sex marriage

Southern Voice:  Psychiatric board backs same-sex marriage in 14-1 vote

Sexual Orientation Not Debatable:  Psychiatrists Reject Forum on Homosexuality as Illness


PlanetOut:  Youth's blog stirs uproar over 'ex-gay' camp


Reparative Therapy: Idealized Heterosexuality


Letter from the American Psychiatric Association to the Finnish Parliament

The Ex-Gay Files

The Advocate:  Sick again


Bay Windows:  30 Years Ago:  APA Says Gay is OK

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