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Dr. Robert Spitzer, Conversion Therapy, and Apologies
Dr. Robert Spitzer, who authored one of the most influential studies on conversion therapy, later retracted his work. In a public letter to the editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior in 2012, he formally apologized to the LGBTQ and scientific communities for the errors in his research and the harm it caused.
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