National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH)

The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (or NARTH) is a pseudoscientific, religiously motivated "Ex-Gay" organisation that offers dangerous "conversion therapy" in an attempt to change the sexual orientation of individuals who, for various reasons, wish to attempt to become heterosexual. NARTH was founded in 1992 by Joseph Nicolosi, Benjamin Kaufman, and the late Charles Socarides. Its headquarters are in Encino, California, at the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic. NARTH's leaders describe their organization as "dedicated to affirming a complementary, male-female model of gender and sexuality."