In 1970, a five-year-old boy named Kirk Murphy was subjected to an ex-gay experiment. Under the care of Dr Ivor Lovaas and George Rekers, then a doctoral student, of UCLA, he underwent therapy to eliminate supposed effeminate behaviors. In 1974, Lovaas and Rekers jointly published a paper about the boy they renamed "Kraig," heralding his treatment for "childhood cross-gender problems" a success and claiming he had been transformed from a gender-confused homosexual-in-waiting to a healthy, heterosexual young man. On the back of this study, Rekers built a career as an anti-gay activist and a supposed expert in childhood sexual development. He co-founded the Family Research Council and championed reparative therapy to turn gay men straight. In 2003, Kirk, aged 38 years old and gay, committed suicide.

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BIZARRE case of stalking a gay college student by Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell!

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Bill Maher sounds off on Tucson shootings! He says conservatives create an atmosphere of hysteria.

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Speaking to a group called Iowans For Tax Relief, Bachmann seemed to whitewash our painful history over slavery!

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Sen. Paul and John King discuss entitlement spending, taxes, and the debt ceiling debate.

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On Anderson Cooper 360 Dan Savage takes Tony Perkins to task over Proposition 8.

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Anderson Cooper discusses the anti-gay rant posted on Facebook by Clint McCance who is a Midland, Arkansas School Board Member. Anderson talks with Anthony Turner (1998 graduate of Midland High School) & Rosalind Wiseman ("Queen Bees & Wannabees").

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Bonobos said to understand English & they wanted Anderson to wear the bunny suit!

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Anderson Cooper puts the critics of married couple, Doug Hutchinson (51) & Courtney Stodden (16) on The RidicuList.

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Congressman Paul discusses the debt ceiling talks with Anderson Cooper

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Anderson Cooper talks with Bachmann's former Cheif of Staff Ron Carey & David Gergen.

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Anderson Cooper 360 covering Barack Obama's first interview with the Muslim world on Al-Arabiya television. David Gergen and Reza Aslan weigh in.

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Cyberbullied student jumped off bridge. Anderson Cooper talks with Dr. Phil.

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camerontoddwillingham.com Sign apetition to Governor Rick Perry and the State of Texas to acknowledge that the fire in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was not arson, therefore no crime was committed and on February 17, 2004, Texas executed an innocent man.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo was a key backer of measure.

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Anderson Cooper puts the critics of married couple, Doug Hutchinson (51) & Courtney Stodden (16) on The RidicuList for the second time.

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The show "Real Housewives of Atlanta" has a fan in Anderson.

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Anderson Cooper talks with Dr. Phil about Clint McCance (Midland, Arkansas School Board Member) & his anti-gay rant on Facebook.

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Children take a test on their attitudes and biases toward race on tonight's "AC360" (10pm ET).

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Candi Cushman (Focus On The Family), Eliza Byard (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network), Rosalind Wiseman (Author,"Queen Bees & Wannabees").

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AC360 coverage of Syria June 10th 2011

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North Carolina candidate blasts "victory mosque" in New York! Anderson Cooper calls her out on her incendiary campaign ad.

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Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell was fired for conduct unbecoming a state employee. Anderson Cooper talks with Deborah Gordon (Attorney for Chris Armstrong) & Jeffrey Toobin (CNN Senior Legal Analyst).

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This Indonesian man could be the new President's body double.

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With the rash of gay teen suicides, Chris Armstrong is breaking his silence! He is a University Of Michigan senior who has been the target of stalking and cyber bullying from the Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell.

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YouTube video shows a 10-year-old Syrian boy killed by a sniper through his bedroom window. Anderson Cooper is Keeping Them Honest. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heartbreaking story of 10-yr-old Maher al-Husseini, who was killed by Syrian government snipers INSIDE his home in Homs. By: Jim Clancy Beirut - From a distance, he appears to be taking a nap. His long, delicate eyelashes are closed as his head rests on a blanket. The 10-year-old boy, however, is not asleep. The turn of his gauze-wrapped head reveals a mass of blood. Maher al-Husseini is dead, reportedly from a sniper bullet. He bled to death. In his own home. "What is the fault of this child?" asks a man, whose voice rises in anger on a video posted Friday on YouTube. He kneels down and gestures to the boy, whose hands and ankles are tied. "What did this child do that they hit him inside his house? This is unacceptable." Friday was a day of protest, pain and sorrow in Homs, a center of demonstrations and death in Syria. At least 18 people were reported slain in the city, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an activist group. Women, children and dissident soldiers were among those killed Friday, the group said. The United Nations said last week that more than 4000 people have died in Syria since a brutal government crackdown against protesters erupted in mid-March. The unidentified narrator of the video starts <b>...</b>

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Asher Brown, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Hamilton Middle School outside Houston, shot himself in the head last week after being "bullied to death." Anderson Cooper talks to Asher's mother & stepfather, David & Amy Truong.

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Jeffrey Toobin (CNN Senior Legal Analyst) tells Anderson Cooper why there is a different free speach standard for public employees!

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Congressman Paul discusses Pakistan and bin Laden's death with Anderson Cooper

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David Martin goes on and on and on with large doses of denial

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Anderson Cooper talks with Christin Gilmer who has organized a counter protest at John Roll's funeral.

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Tina Fey skewered Sarah Palin when she accepted her Mark Twain award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC last week. But when the broadcast aired Sunday on PBS, several of her controversial comments during her speech were edited out.

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Ellen talks with Anderson Cooper about being the victim of bullying & why Tyler Clementi's suicide prompted her to speak out.

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Anderson Cooper keeping Michele Bachmann honest.

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Anderson Cooper talks with Jamey Rodemeyer's sister Alyssa & bullying expert Rosalind Wiseman.

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Anderson plays a celebrity guessing game with Ellen Degeneres.

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"THE SHOT" :03/03/09

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In 1970, a five-year-old boy named Kirk Murphy was subjected to an ex-gay experiment. Under the care of Dr Ivor Lovaas and George Rekers, then a doctoral student, of UCLA, he underwent therapy to eliminate supposed effeminate behaviors. In 1974, Lovaas and Rekers jointly published a paper about the boy they renamed "Kraig," heralding his treatment for "childhood cross-gender problems" a success and claiming he had been transformed from a gender-confused homosexual-in-waiting to a healthy, heterosexual young man. On the back of this study, Rekers built a career as an anti-gay activist and a supposed expert in childhood sexual development. He co-founded the Family Research Council and championed reparative therapy to turn gay men straight. In 2003, Kirk, aged 38 years old and gay, committed suicide.

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CNN's Anderson Cooper has a gripping report from the front lines in Egypt.

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A dog guards another dog on a crowded highway in New York.

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CNN's Anderson Cooper and Isha Sesay talk about a snoring dormouse.

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"Anderson Cooper 360" panelists John Legend, Roland Martin, David Gergen and Nic Lott debate Rush Limbaugh commenting that "in Obama's America, white kids getting beat up on school buses... with the black kids cheering... the white kid deserved it, he was born a racist..." Says Gergen: "I don't think we ought to let Rush Limbaugh's comments drive a conversation like this."

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Anderson Cooper discusses Mike Cox & Andrew Shirvell's political past. Alma Wheeler Smith (Michigan State House) reveals her hostile encounters with Shirvell. Also comments from Frank Kelly (former Michigan Attorney General) & Jeffrey Toobin (CNN Senior Legal Analyst)

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Sen. Paul and Anderson Cooper talk about the latest debt 'deal'

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