CAMFT`s History of Heterosexism

CAMFT’s History of Heterosexism
Refuses to Support Marriage
& Family Equality
Town Hall meetings
with CAMFT leadership
2008
to
2009
End
of
2009
CAMFT rejects
taking stance on SOCE
CAMFT’s Elections Committee
makes it difficult for LGBTQ
representatives to be nominated
for Board positions
~
LGBTQ representatives and
their Allies find communication
with several CAMFT leaders
challenging, if not hostile
2008
Larchmont Associates, Antioch University,
Phillips Graduate Institute, Gaylesta &
multiple Chapters
send letters & petitions to the CAMFT Board
after it continuously refuses to support
marriage & family equality
(all other professional organizations have)
~
CAMFT rejects multiple requests
Summer
of
2009
CAMFT publishes
several anti-LGBTQ &
anti-marriage equality
articles
Members express outrage and
assert needs with
CAMFT leadership at several
Town Hall meetings
~
CTME
(California Therapists for Marriage
Equality)
presents CAMFT with petition of
over 1,000 signatures requesting
LGBTQ Cultural Sensitivity
~
CAMFT finally creates statement
for marriage equality but
does not address other
listed concerns
2010
Challenging, if not
hostile
communication
from many CAMFT
leaders
2011
to
2014
2014
CAMFT rejects proposals by SFCAMFT and members to
make a statement in support of the APA 2009 Findings
on Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE)
~
Anti-gay NARTH uses CAMFT’s rejection of this
to legitimize their harmful and ineffective
attempts at changing LGBTQ individuals to
straight and cis-gendered
CAMFT finally includes discrimination against clients in its Ethical Codes but
refuses to make a strong and specific statement against practicing SOCE
~
CAMFT fights legislation, SB 1172, banning therapists using SOCE on minors,
despite member advocacy
~
While most other professional organizations moved from opposing SB1172 to
supporting it, CAMFT maintains a neutral stance