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Richard Cohen

Founder of the International Healing Foundation

Unlicensed "Therapist"

Updated: April 21, 2023

—Advised beating a pillow and cuddling (or “touch therapy”) as ways to “cure” homosexuality.

—His testimony was used by Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays in an amicus brief filed in defense of Proposition 8.

The GLAAD Accountability Project catalogs anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and discriminatory actions of politicians, commentators, organization heads, religious leaders, and legal figures, who have used their platforms, influence and power to spread misinformation and harm LGBTQ people.