Dear friends,
We want to share with you the second Open Letter to the LGBTQ+ and World Community that Stan has written in response to concerns shared with us about his writings about same-gender attraction. We are grateful that this issue has been brought to our attention. Stan deeply regrets not having corrected aspects of his writings about LGBTQ+ experience much earlier.
Discussion of this issue began with a “Consensus Statement Condemning Psychedelic Conversion Therapy and Suggestions for Addressing Ongoing Harms Against LGBTQIA+ People in Psychedelic Research and Therapy.” Stan’s first Open Letter was in response to discussions following this statement. Links to Stan's first Open Letter, and the Open Letter Reply to Dr. Stan Grof written by Alex Belser, PhD; Andrea Ens, PhD; Bill Brennan, PhD; Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW; and Jeffrey Guss, MD, can be found in the letter below.
This response is the final contribution Stan will make to this discussion, after that we trust that people who know Stan and his work personally will raise their voices on this issue.
Much love,
Stan and Brigitte Grof
Download: Stan Grof 2nd Open Letter July 10th 2025
