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Deleted
Webpages from the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
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Federal
Agency Removes Health Info for Lesbian-Gay-Bi-Trans Populations
The Memory Hole Restores It |
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>>> The Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration is a division of the US
Department of Health and Human Services. For years, a section of the
SAMHSA site dealt with the prevention and treatment of substance abuse
as it specifically relates to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
people. It was here: http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/lgbt/ But on 11 January 2006, a Christian fundamentalist group complained about the material, and, sure enough, within two weeks the feds had pulled it off the site. (This impeccable timing was just a coincidence, says the agency's associate administrator - they had planned to delete the LGBT material long before now. "We began a process to clear up old web pages and in looking at this LGTB pride site, it fell beyond our scope. It even had a pop-up quiz to measure homophobia--totally unacceptable." The full story is in a Southern Voice article here.) The Memory Hole was able to recover 15 deleted pages, one that was changed, and a PDF report that the censors apparently missed. Thanks to D. for alerting me |
| UPDATE: On 05 May 2006, I noticed that a few of the pages have been restored, specficially the index page, the "Youth and Suicide" page, and the "Social Support and Violence Prevention" page. However, all the other pages - including "Substance Abuse," "Who Is Gay," and "Other Health Issues" - are still gone. |
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The Expunged Webpages Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Issues The Club Drugs Scene: The Truths and Myths Social Support & Violence Prevention CSAP Substance Abuse Resource Guide: Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness American Indian/Alaskan Native The Altered Page "Resources for Treatment Providers." This page is still on
the site, but the link to the National Association of Lesbian and Gay
Addiction Professionals has been deleted. UPDATE: On 05 May 2006, I found that the SAMHSA no longer has a page titled "Resources for Treatment Providers." Clicking on the right-hand link immediately above redirects you to the "Research" page and directory. The Soon-to-be-Expunged File A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals. This PDF file is still on the site, but it will obviously be removed when the info-scrubbers realize they missed it. Therefore, it's mirrored. |
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