Memoirist Damian Barr, told<\/a> BuzzFeed News<\/em> that the online bookseller is \u201cpromoting hatred, abuse, and self-harm by featuring guides for the \u2018treatment\u2019 of homosexuality. His account in\u00a0Maggie and Me<\/em>\u00a0of abuse while growing up gay<\/a> in Scotland in the 1980s earned him awards and international acclaim.<\/p>\n Buzzfeed <\/em>reported: There are numerous examples of such books on Amazon that advocate so-called reparative therapy, including\u00a0A Parent\u2019s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality, Healing Homosexuality, Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0How a Gay Boy Became a Straight Man.\u00a0\u201c<\/em>Amazon has a responsibility to their customers to not profit from or promote self-harm and hate crimes,\u201d said Barr. \u201cIf you read the comments below you can clearly see the book had caused harm to parents as well as children. Amazon is profiting from the pain of the people affected by this book.\u201d<\/p>\n Back in December the non-profit Proof Wins Out (PWO) set out to boycott Apple, Google, and Amazon for continuing to carry an app encouraging users that they can \u201crecover\u201d from same-sex<\/a> attractions through prayer. <\/p>\n Apple capitulated instantly while Amazon and Google lollygagged and now this.<\/p>\n In an open letter in December, TWO Executive Director Wayne Besen said<\/a> , \u201cEvery respected medical and\u00a0mental health organization<\/a>\u00a0in the world considers attempts to change sexual orientation potentially dangerous. The American Psychiatric Association says that sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) can lead to \u201canxiety, depression, and self-destructive behavior\u201d, including suicide. <\/p>\n The American Psychological Association says, \u201cThere is simply no sufficiently scientifically sound evidence that sexual orientation can be changed. Such \u2018therapy\u2019 is considered so detrimental that fourteen states and the District of Colombia ban practicing it on minors.\u201d<\/p>\n The app was targeting LGBTQ young people <\/a>in order \u201cto\u00a0change [them] from gay<\/a>-to-straight through prayer and therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEvery minute this heinous product is available on these platforms, the potential exists for it to harm LGBT youth,\u201d Besen said then. \u201cWe demand that Google and Amazon immediately stop selling and promoting this app, which dehumanizes LGBT people.\u201d<\/p>\n That means the books too Amazon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post Amazon Is Selling \u2018Gay Cure\u2019 Books<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n