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...Beckstead, a clinical psychologist, spoke of his research on the movement, saying that as a whole, it is “unethical and destructive.” Author and gay-rights activist Wayne Besen condemned the “ex-gay ministries” in even harsher terms, saying that they were scams supported by the right-wing to thwart the successes of the gay rights movement...
...take unexpected turns. San Antonio public school counselor Claude Thormalen, 49, not only found his mother but learned from her that he had an older half sister Nancy, who had also been given up for adoption. To his amazement, Nancy turned out to be a high school acquaintance. Gayle Beckstead, 55, who now works as a search consultant in Simi Valley, Calif., learned of a sister -- who hadn't been put up for adoption. When they met, Gayle found a depressed high school dropout who had given up four out-of- wedlock children. The sister regarded the middle-class Beckstead...
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