Dr. Chris Babits, an interdisciplinary scholar with specializations in the histories of the modern United States, lived religion, gender and sexuality, and psychology, talks about our homosexuality and conversion therapy history in the US. Specifically, we talk about Cured, an award-winning documentary about the fight to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and his role as a historical advisor for the doc. Note that we DO NOT discuss the traumatic details of conversion therapy practices, though it is mentioned.

Conscious Content Consumption for this episode:  

• History is Gay, a podcast hosted by Leigh Pfeffer @historyisgaypod
• Sexing History, a podcast on the history of sexuality hosted by Gillian Frank and Lauren Gutterman @sexinghistory

Also Mentioned:

• Anything but Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth by Wayne R. Besen
• The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson
• Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves
• Sex and the Founding Fathers: The American Quest for a Relatable Past by Thomas A. Foster
• Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism by Taylor G. Petrey @taylor_petrey
• Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences by Gregory A. Prince (get the link to the PDF on the Wiki page here)

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