![]() I demonstrate that neither NARTH nor Core Issues Trust are consistent in their regard for client autonomy. ![]() The most convincing of these themes is a claim that to provide SOCE is to respect client’s autonomy rights to diminish unwanted sexual attraction, and to live in accordance with the moral principles that they value. A number of themes emerged from the various documentation. Using documentary analysis, I investigate the contemporary resistance of two socially conservative organizations: National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) (US) and Core Issues Trust (UK), to legal and professional regulation of the sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) which they advocate. ![]() ![]() In this article, I situate the practice of sexual orientation conversion efforts (SOCE), sometimes known as conversion or reparative therapy, within historical, cultural, religious and political attitudes to non-heterosexuality. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Kevin Miserocchi, director of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation, offers a revealing chronology of each character's evolution (for instance, did you know that Addams originally named Pugsley ‘Pubert’?), while Addams's own incisive character descriptions, originally penned for the benefit of the television show producers, introduce each chapter. The Addams An Evilution is the first book to trace The Addams Family history, presenting more than 200 cartoons created by Charles Addams (American, 1912-1988) throughout his prolific career many have never been published before. (When he did name the deadly matriarch, he was inspired by the Yellow Pages listing for ‘Morticians.’) Other characters were born and developed in a multitude of Addams's cartoons over the next twenty-six years, before the cheerfully creepy clan debuted on ABC television in 1964 and later on the big screen, twice, in 19. ![]() Addams first created Morticia, Lurch, and The Thing in a cartoon published in a 1938 issue of the New Yorker -though he hadn't named them at the time, or even conceived of a family unit. The ‘evilution’ of Charles Addams's singularly eccentric family began long before the television and film interpretations made them icons of American popular culture. ![]() ![]() This month I will be in Stillwater, Oklahoma Lafayette, Louisiana and Palatka, Florida. My experience is that those who achieve high performance are always seeking to learn and be better. ![]() This column is about something that has come to my attention: The best organizations and communities, and thus the best people, are in a constant search for better ways to do things. Latest from Quint Studer: To retain talent, give employees clear path for growth and development ![]() The goal of the column is to help people, organizations and communities achieve a good quality of life. ![]() I am fortunate that through my work with communities and health care providers, subjects come up that I feel will be of interest to you, the reader. Often it is an email from someone or a conversation with an individual or a group. It seems that every time I think I have nothing to write about this week, something happens or someone provides material for a column. I'm not saying it won't happen, but so far, so good. Some years ago, when the Pensacola News Journal ran the first column, I wondered how long I would be able to write one each week. He also said, "I don't know how you do it each week." My response was, "I am surprised also!" A few weeks back at a CivicCon event in Pensacola, Rhette Anderson shared that he likes the weekly column. I am so grateful to those of you who tell me personally when we see each other that you enjoy this column, or write a note saying so. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was arrested after fleeing a demonstration, later survived a near-lynching at the hands of law enforcement, and spent the next seven years on chain gangs.ĭuring that time he met the undaunted Patsy, who would become his wife. Winfred Rembert grew up in a family of Georgia field laborers and joined the civil rights movement as a teenager. “A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear.” (Bryan Stevenson, New York Times best-selling author of Just Mercy and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative) Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography ![]() |