I thought I’d collect up a few cultural oddities you may or may not have heard. 1. Howard K Stern is suing Rita Cosby for defamation, based on her portrait of him in her book about Anna Nicole Smith. Recently, however, a judge ruled that while the defamation suit could go ahead, it could not [...]
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Posted in advertising, news/politics, tagged Calvin Klein, fatphobia, homosexuality, Howard K. Stern, PETA, veganism on August 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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From the “About Time” folder
Posted in cultural commentary, news/politics, tagged Alan Chambers, APA, CNN, DSM, Exodus International, gender, homosexuality, mental illness, science, transsexuality on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to this article on CNN’s website, “The American Psychological Association concluded Wednesday that there is little evidence that efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation from gay or lesbian to heterosexual are effective.” The article itself points out that the APA has not considered homosexuality a mental illness since 1975, but apparently a task [...]
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