“Gay cure”: psychological, political, and religious perspectives on the issue

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  • Marcos Oliveira de Novaes Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB/Jequié-BA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i16.36905

Abstract

Homosexuality has been discussed in different areas of society and in the most diverse fields, such as politics and
religion. This article addresses the issue of a “cure” for homosexuality, topic that has generated much controversy and that
goes beyond the scientific field. We carried out searches in the LILACS, SciELO, PePSIC and Index Psi Technical-Scientific
Journals databases, using the combinations: Gay cure AND psychology, Homosexuality AND psychology. The searches
returned 76 articles, of which only 6 remained after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results show that the issue
has been discussed and defended by religious ideologies that defend conversion therapies supported by pseudoscience,
completely diverging from the psychology that disallows any type of therapy aiming to promote a hypothetical “gay cure”.

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Author Biography

Marcos Oliveira de Novaes, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB/Jequié-BA

Graduado em Psicologia, pela Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências - FTC, polo Jequié/BA. Aluno regular do Mestrado em Relações Étnicas e Contemporaneidade - Linha de Pesquisa: Etnias, Gênero e Diversidade Sexual - da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB/Jequié. Membro do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Gênero e Sexualidades da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB/Jequié e do Grupo de Pesquisa em Linguagens, Poder e Contemporaneidade do Instituto Federal da Bahia - IFBA - Campus Porto Seguro. Integrante do Grupo de Trabalho de Humanização do Hospital Geral Prado Valadares - HGPV, Jequié/BA.

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Published

2021-09-28

How to Cite

de Novaes, M. O. (2021). “Gay cure”: psychological, political, and religious perspectives on the issue. Revista Periódicus, 2(16), 113–125. https://doi.org/10.9771/peri.v2i16.36905

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Vol. 2 No. 16 (2021): Intersexuality: gender challenges

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Free section

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