Maryland school promotes ‘ex-gay’ therapy as a solution to bullying

By: David Edwards

Prince George’s County Public Schools on Wednesday decided to drop the use of a video that promoted so-called “ex-gay” therapy as one possible solution to the bullying of LGBT students.

According to a report published on Thursday by Washington City Paper, students in at least six middle-school health classes were shown the 21-minute film “Acception,” which disguises talk about gay-to-straight therapy within a larger message about bullying.

The film’s creator, Christopher Doyle, is a board member of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX).

“As a youth, I was very confused and would have appreciated support for my unwanted same-sex attractions,” Doyle said in a 2009 statement from PFOX. “All I heard, even from some teachers, was that I was born gay. But as an adult, I discovered there is no scientific evidence to support this claim.”

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“We pulled the video because there was too much focus on alternative lifestyles,” spokesperson Briant K. Coleman told the paper.

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This is just bizarre.

I have a co-worker who tried to 'pray away the gay' from age 18 - 28. He finally came out last Spring. He said he wasted ten years of his life with this nonsense. Since he came out, he has never been happier.