“Gay cure is dismissive, and equates to flipping some kind of switch… but the reality is, it’s seldom that black and white”.
Instantly at the start of this interview I knew I was going to be on some kind of interesting journey and I was not disappointed. In September of 2017 ITV’s Good Morning Britain brought on one of their most controversial guests to date with Doctor Michael Davidson.
The media have labelled him as the UK’s “Gay Cure” doctor, LGBT groups label him many other false terms, but after this interview I call him a man who simply has an opinion society dislikes. Doctor Michael Davidson works for the group Core Issues Trust, an apparent Gay Therapy centre which has had claims of curing homosexuality and believing the act is sinful but Doctor Davidson himself highly disagrees.
Dr Davidson himself dislikes the term gay cure which is used by the media with him explaining to me that “Gay cure is an issue for us, as it assumes a medical 
model that there is some kind of disease that needs a cure”, he even stated that it is not an ideal he or his groups owns and that “some people leave the center fully identifying as Homosexual” showing that he acknowledges that some people can be and are gay.
He also stated that he “understands why people make the claim he is Homophobic”, also stating that he is constantly around LGBT people and used to be one himself, he has no issue with LGBT people, which I would accept since he agreed to do this interview with me and expressed no dislike of me or my lifestyle.
This lead me on to question him about the way people speak about groups like his, with the ITV interview being the main part of the conversation, specifically 
about Patrick Studwick who works for Buzzfeed. Mr Strudwick stated Core Issues Trust and Doctor Michael Davidson should not have been given airtime, with Doctor Davidson stating that is “the issue”, and that groups like his are “not allowed to be heard” which makes me wonder. What is the point of Freedom of Speech?
Doctor Davidson expressed thanks towards me multiple times for just allowing him to speak his mind, something that is very rare for him. Which brings me to the conclusion that there is definitely some kind of stigma against Doctor Davidson and his group which has been unfairly gained through interviewers not allowing him to explain his own views. It may also be that he has learnt how to talk smoother during interviews after that incident. Maybe the whole time I was being played but I don’t believe that. One thing I do believe though is that Doctor Michael Davidson is not a “gay cure” doctor, and just a man with a different view.