Wow.
Just wow.
Apparently, in the land of Prop H8 known as California, there is a law that requires mental health officials to seek a cure for homosexuality, aka The Gay. The law was originally written in 1950 and re-enacted in 1967, the year gay men protested police brutality and harassment at the Black Cat Tavern in Silverlake. Minor amendments were made to the law as late as 1977, but the basic language--calling for a cure for homosexuality--remains in state law.
Yes. I Know!
Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal said "it's time to strip that vestige of institutional bigotry from California's code books," and has introduced a bill to repeal Section 8050 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which declares the State Department of Mental Health "shall plan, conduct and cause to be conducted scientific research into the causes and cures of sexual deviation, including deviations conducive to sex crimes against children, and the causes and cures of homosexuality..."
I think Miss Ross said it best:
Just wow.
Apparently, in the land of Prop H8 known as California, there is a law that requires mental health officials to seek a cure for homosexuality, aka The Gay. The law was originally written in 1950 and re-enacted in 1967, the year gay men protested police brutality and harassment at the Black Cat Tavern in Silverlake. Minor amendments were made to the law as late as 1977, but the basic language--calling for a cure for homosexuality--remains in state law.
Yes. I Know!
Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal said "it's time to strip that vestige of institutional bigotry from California's code books," and has introduced a bill to repeal Section 8050 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which declares the State Department of Mental Health "shall plan, conduct and cause to be conducted scientific research into the causes and cures of sexual deviation, including deviations conducive to sex crimes against children, and the causes and cures of homosexuality..."
I think Miss Ross said it best:
