In September 2004, Magellan Health Services invited Dr. Warren “ex-Gay” Throckmorten to join their National Professional Advisory Council. In February they rescinded his invitation.
Sometime between September and February, they’d seen his video called I Do Exist, which is a nifty little film about men who “gave up” being gay through reparative therapy.
Sometimes after his invitation was rescinded, Throckmorten teamed up with Concerned Women for America* (whose press releases are regularly issued by men) and the Illinois Family* Institute, and now Throckmorten has been re-instated. Just like that.
Reported by gayhealth.com, and the gay news blog, and Wayne Besen, the author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth.
* I’m starting to become convinced that any organization with either “America(n)” or “Family” in its name must be right wing. As an American who loves her family, the right’s use of these words in titles of organizations that are all about intolerance makes me ill.