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<\/p>\nJoseph Nicolosi, \u2018Ex-Gay\u2019 Therapy Practitioner and Founder of NARTH, Dead at 70<\/b><\/p>\n
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Joseph Nicolosi, co-founder of the \u201cex-gay<\/a>\u201d therapy group NARTH \u00a0(National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality) is dead at 70.<\/p>\n Nicolosi died from complications from the flu, The Daily Beast reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Nicolosi, 70, was a practitioner of conversion or reparative therapy, treatments intended to change a person\u2019s sexual orientation that have been widely denounced by major medical associations\u2014including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Psychological Association\u2014and banned by legislation in five states: Vermont, Oregon, New Jersey, Illinois, and California.<\/p>\n Its unclear how many people Nicolosi harmed over the course of his life.<\/p>\n Stephen Fry met Nicolosi for a BBC program in 2013:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post Joseph Nicolosi, \u2018Ex-Gay\u2019 Therapy Practitioner and Founder of NARTH, Dead at 70<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n