A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
Last night, 60 Minutes provided a sympathetic review of the PEPFAR intervention in Uganda. As I have discussed here before, the program has been immensely successful. The broadcast puts real faces on the success (especially the kids) and the problems (extraordinary footage of HIV informing sessions). Near the end of the segment, 60 Minutes interviewed Martin … Continue reading “60 Minutes on US HIV/AIDS intervention in Uganda”
At last, I am posting some follow up comments made by Danielle, mother of the twin boys featured in the 60 Minutes segment, Science of Sexual Orientation. Part one is here and should be read first. Danielle said this in her initial email: I often wonder “if” I had told Adam that “yes” he could … Continue reading “60 Minutes Science of Sexual Orientation mother of twins, part 2”
Recently, I posted a link to a NPR broadcast outlining two approaches to treating children who are gender non-conforming in their play and activity preferences. In light of that broadcast and the controversies surrounding these different approaches, I provide an update from Danielle, the mother of twin boys first featured in a 60 Minutes broadcast … Continue reading “60 Minutes Science of Sexual Orientation: An update from the mother of twins”
In this 60 Minutes segment “Gay or Straight?” the mother of the young fraternal twins is a lesbian who was artificially inseminated to form a fatherless family. For some reason, I think I had heard this from some source that I cannot now find. The web story on the segment is available on the CBS … Continue reading “60 Minutes segment: Mother of fraternal twin boys a lesbian”
During the segment, Leslie Stahl asked Michael Bailey’s views of how gay and straight men compare. “… Straight men are more interested than straight women in having casual, uncommitted sex. Gay men are like that, too,” says Bailey. “One has the impression that gay men are much more inclined toward casual sex than straight men,” … Continue reading “More on the 60 Minutes Gay or Straight Segment”