Dressed in a hospital gown and locked in a room on his own, he is violently sick.
In the background, a tape recites: “Your thoughts are unnatural. Nobody could love you like this. Gay sex is revolting.”
This is one of the shocking scenes from Undercover Doctor: Cure Me, I’m Gay.
In it, openly gay Dr Christian, star of Embarrassing Bodies and Supersize vs Superskinny, delves into the world of so-called “cures” for homosexuality.
The chemical aversion therapy making him sick is one of the most disturbing scenes.
He says: “You see me absolutely pulled apart and this innate personal core part of me is being shamed, publicly.
“To think this used to be enforced on people, or that gay men put themselves through it voluntarily, was such a horribly upsetting thought.” ...
The Sun.
A brief history of media exposés of gay conversion therapies
But oddly, a certain Patrick Strudwick on Twitter is not happy and has been tweeting angrily...
@mrjamesob 2/2 I could have debunked every word of his nonsense - I've spent 5 years investigating this. Shame you didn't get me on.
— Patrick Strudwick (@PatrickStrud) March 18, 2014
etc etc...
If only there was a cure for being a spectacularly vain gaybore.
If only there was a cure for being a spectacularly vain gaybore.
A brief history of media exposés of gay conversion therapies
In 2009, American journalist Ted Cox posed as a gay man to infiltrate gay-to-straight conversion programmes. First of much US media coverage, August 2009.
In February 2010, The Independent publishes Patrick Strudwick's 'ground-breaking' and award-winning article about infiltrating a gay-to-straight conversion programme,
PS And the Daily Star trivialises everything down to, 'Adele songs make you gay' says Texan doctor on Dr Christian Jessen show. As have Gay Star News! And Pink News!! And Queerty!!!
Patrick got on to The Wright Stuff this morning you will be pleased to learn. It's daytime Channel 5, but still TV!! Actually, he was interesting, made some good points and sounded completely sane.
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