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UI Playwright Cameron Reflects on Ex-Gay Therapy and His Latest Work

By T.M. Lindsey 2/17/08

University of Iowa playwright John Cameron says his new play “14,” which examines his experiences with “reparative therapy” 30 years ago at Brigham Young University, was therapeutic — or at least helped initiate his own therapeutic journey.

In the mid-’70s Cameron was one of 14 gay men, most of them Mormon students, who were the subjects [...]

UI Prof’s New Play Examines Experiences with Controversial Reverse-Homosexuality Experiments

By T.M. Lindsey 2/6/08

In the mid-’70s John Cameron was one of 14 gay men, most of them Mormon students, who were the subjects of a controversial “reparative therapy” experiment at Brigham Young University that used electro-shock aversion therapy in an attempt to alter their homosexual behavior. The research subjects signed documents absolving the university of culpability for any [...]

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