Some people are understandably confused in their search for accurate information and facts about sexual orientation and Gender Identity Disorder in youth.  A major reason for this confusion is that professional associations, such as the American Psychological Association (APA) and others, put out information that contradicts the information presented on this website.

The reality is that these ostensibly professional associations have too often elevated political correctness over solid science.  In fact, this web resource has been created largely to cut through this confusion.  While it is not a primary objective of this site to explore this situation in any detail, it is clear that many visitors are interested in determining for themselves how serious this problem truly is.

To assist them in this effort we suggest several useful background resources.

• “The Trojan Couch” provides an comprehensive summary of how the mental health professions were pressured by homosexual activists to drop homosexuality from the list of recognized mental disorders and lays out a revealing critique of the validity of the science on which this decision was based.

• The departure from valid science and concern for a patient’s right to self-determination is increasingly being recognized by leaders in the mental health professions.  The concerns of one of them, Dr. Nicholas Cummings, a past president of the APA, is summarized here.

• A seminar at a recent APA convention sheds further light on this problem.  As the weight of evidence has mounted in recent years that homosexuality is not innate or immutable, some of the professional associations have changed their previous positions accordingly.  An example of how this is happening in the APA is posted here.