Anti-LGBT Doctor Stands Firm in Face of Mounting Criticism
Apr 3, 2017 by Jill
by Max Douglas, Church Militant:
A distinguished professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who conducted ground-breaking research on gender theory is standing up against a recent barrage of hate from those attacking his integrity.
Dr. Paul R. McHugh, who has been called “arguably the most important American psychiatrist of the last half-century,” co-published a report in the Fall 2016 edition of The New Atlantis titled “Sexuality and Gender,” in which he and a colleague reviewed 11 in-depth research publications on the LGBT community.
Reviewing the most up-to-date independent research, both McHugh and his colleague concluded that there are many myths about homosexual behavior. Most notably, McHugh found the “born that way” theory is not supported by any of the studies.
In response to McHugh’s research, LGBT advocates have set their sights on him as a “bigot.” One blogger commented that McHugh’s research is simply a straw man for his “
bigoted beliefs” and claimed he is a “scientist who appears far too invested in his own antiquated, disproven theories and his anti-LGBT political position.”
On Thursday, the attempt to discredit McHugh reached its high point. Dr. Lauren Beach, director of LGBT Research at Vanderbilt, released a
letter with signatures of more than 600 “experts on LGBT health” to attack the doctor. In the letter, Beach questioned the integrity of the
New Atlantis as being a “non-peer reviewed bioethics magazine.” Beach further seemed to accuse McHugh of causing harm and pain to those suffering from gender dysphoria.
The letter added, “A substantial body of research points to stigma and its consequences as contributing to the mental and physical health disparities among LGBTQ people.”
In reponse, McHugh told reporters, “I’m 85 years old. I’m a university professor. I’m a member of the Institute of Medicine. I’m a person who has been through a lot of crazes before. I’m not going to my grave not having spoken my mind, OK?”
