Stories
- Article
Can our sexual desires be transformed?
In the 1950s, many psychiatrists thought that homosexuality could be reformed. One found that it couldn’t – and his discoveries led to a change in the law.
- Article
The indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
- Article
Getting around the rules of sex education
What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?
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The shocking ‘treatment’ to make lesbians straight
Being a lesbian has never been a crime in the UK, but 50 years ago, some psychologists experimented with treatments to try to ‘cure’ women of their orientation. Find out what this involved.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Homosexuality ephemera : politics].
Date: [2005?]- Books
Homosexuality and medicine, health, and science / edited with introductions by Wayne R. Dynes and Stephen Donaldson.
Date: 1992- Archives and manuscripts
Homosexuality and Prostitution, British Medical Association, Dec 1955
Date: 1955Reference: SA/MWF/N.11/4Part of: Medical Women's Federation- Books
Homosexuality.
West, D. J. (Donald James), 1924-2020.Date: 1968,©1967- Books
Homosexuality.
West, D. J. (Donald James), 1924-2020.Date: [1955]