well, i think i was one who did some stupid things in high school, and if anyone feels that they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. well, the stupid thing in question, the one getting all the attention, concerns a student at the michigan prep school romney attended. a student named john lauber who was reportedly relentlessly teased for his presumed homosexuality and for having long bleach blond hair. five of romney s classmates told the washington post what they remembered about a day in 1965, a day that, quote, they came upon lauber tackled him and pinned him to the ground. lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help and romney clipped his hair with a pair of scissors. the story broke yesterday when the washington post posted it online ahead of today s printed edition. we did not talk about it last night on this program because we had questions about how valid it is to bring up something someone did nearly 50 years ago when they were in
commercial break, he spearheaded the effort to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973 and then in 2001, dropped this bombshell that was very damaging to a lot of people. and so he s obviously an iconoclast. and i was curious about both his role in the 1973 declassification of homosexuality and then what led him to undertake the 2001 study. and then as we spoke, he started to express regret for both having conducted his study and also how it had been used by the ex-gay movement. so it was both about seeing the impact of how his study was used in the real world, but also some regret about the scientific basis of his findings? that s right. after his study was published,
the psychiatric and psychological communities, as well as from the gay rights movement. the most noteworthy. also how itbeen used for the ex-gay movement. it was about seeing the impact of how his study was used in the real world. but also some regret about the scientific basis of his findings? that s right. after his study was published, he endured a barrage of criticism from his colleagues in the psychiatric and psychological communities, as well as from the gay rights movement. the most note worth i have the criticisms was that he had recruited participants for his studies from ex-gay organizations. and then relied on these self-reports from patients of ex-gay therapists to conclude that change for at least a highly motivated group of gay people was possible. and in the intervening 11 years, he started to doubt the credibility of these people. and strangely enough, i was originally referred to a study as a success story and now i m married to a man. you can see how that went.
speak with him more generally about his place in the history of psychiatry. as you mentioned, before the commercial break, he spearheaded the effort to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973 and then in 2001, dropped this bombshell that was very damaging to a lot of people. and so he s obviously an iconoclast. and i was curious about both his role in the 1973 declassification of homosexuality and then what led him to undertake the 2001 study. and then as we spoke, he started to express regret for both having conducted his study and also how it had been used by the ex-gay movement. so it was both about seeing the impact of how his study was used in the real world, but also some regret about the scientific basis of his findings? that s right. after his study was published, he endured a barrage of criticism from his colleagues in
of psychiatry. as you mentioned, before the commercial break, he spearheaded the effort to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973 and then in 2001, dropped this bombshell that was very damaging to a lot of people. and so he s obviously an iconoclast. and i was curious about both his role in the 1973 declassification of homosexuality and then what led him to undertake the 2001 study. and then as we spoke, he started to express regret for both having conducted his study and also how it had been used by the ex-gay movement. so it was both about seeing the impact of how his study was used in the real world, but also some regret about the scientific basis of his findings?