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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">major practitioner comes out 919 an</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> keeping an eye on the links between the Republican Party and the far-right.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Last week, we discussed the <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediamatters.org%2Fblog%2F2018%2F08%2F10%2Fright-wing-media-pastor-and-gop-backed-congressional-nominee-favorably-remembered-when-homosexuality%2F220952&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=27&v=1427" style="">unearthed video</a> of right-wing media pastor and GOP congressional nominee Mark Harris pining for the days when homosexuality was criminalized. Eric Hananoki has also uncovered that Harris endorsed a pamphlet that endorses the idea that sexual orientation can forcefully be changed through conversion therapy. The pamphlet, from the far-right extreme anti-LGBTQ group Family Research Council ("FRC"), also pushes demonstrably false slurs, including against LGBTQ parents.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Conversion therapy has been <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediamatters.org%2Fblog%2F2018%2F02%2F12%2Fhow-journalists-can-avoid-spreading-misinformation-about-anti-lgbtq-conversion-therapy%2F219278&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=28&v=1427" style="">completely debunked</a> and rejected by all major medical associations as ineffective, harmful, and unscientific. In fact, experts <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrc.org%2Fresources%2Fthe-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=29&v=1427" style="">attest</a>that it can lead to depression, anxiety, self-destructive behavior, and <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apa.org%2Fpi%2Flgbt%2Fresources%2Ftherapeutic-response.pdf%23utma%3D149406063.799029835.1432689058.1432689058.1432689058.1%26utmb%3D149406063.2.10.1432689058%26utmc%3D149406063%26utmx%3D-%26__utmz%3D149406063.1432689058.1.1.utmcsr%3Dgoogle%257Cutmccn%3D%2528org&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=30&v=1427" style="">suicidal ideation</a>.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Media outlets, however, tend to present conversion therapy as <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediamatters.org%2Fresearch%2F2018%2F03%2F09%2FConversion-therapy-is-discredited-torture-but-media-outlets-are-letting-its-advocates-spre%2F219590&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=31&v=1427" style="">a two-sided issue</a> by hosting conversion therapists or so-called “ex-gay” people on their programs. Sarah Wasko spoke with <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetrevorproject.org%2F%23sm.0001gnz3v5u0idvvu691gutpwak0i&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=32&v=1427" style="">The Trevor Project</a>’s <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fsbrinton%3Flang%3Den&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=33&v=1427" style="">Sam Brinton</a>, a genderfluid activist, nuclear engineer, and survivor of conversion therapy. Brinton says a blueprint for better coverage of this issue already exists: “When the media is reporting about a recall for a product ... they are trying to warn the public that this product could hurt them. That’s exactly what they should be doing with conversion therapy. We’re recalling it.”</font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Watch the <a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://mediamatters.nationbuilder.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediamatters.org%2Fblog%2F2018%2F08%2F13%2FAs-advocates-work-to-protect-LGBTQ-people-from-conversion-therapy-media-often-fail-to-expl%2F220978&e=2fd18ded548fce9ef66e074aaf01da3d5df1923b&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=819weekly&n=34&v=1427" style="">entire video</a> with Brinton.</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font></div></div>