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The state and more than 20 others restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of L.G.B.T.Q. clients under the age of 18.

Needless to say, this will seriously scar a whole lot of kids whose homophobic parents force them through this

  • wuffahEnglish
    192·
    2 days ago

    If you want to attend “conversion therapy” as an adult, by all means do so as it is your right to control your own body and mind. Furthermore, parents have the right to raise their children as they see fit, and should have wide latitude in deciding the best way to do that.

    However, forcing minors into these “programs” commonly amounts to child abuse and in some cases, torture. On top of being exploitatively expensive, they also don’t work. They need to be abolished.

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    • TheTechnician27English
      23·
      2 days ago

      If you want to attend “conversion therapy” as an adult, by all means do so as it is your right to control your own body and mind.

      Washington, D.C. banned “conversion therapy” targeting adults too, and they were correct to.

      “Conversion therapy” isn’t therapy and doesn’t work, and you shouldn’t be allowed to run a business – let alone a practice – based on fraud. Moreover, not everyone suddenly stops being vulnerable when they turn 18. Adults are definitely still heavily pressured into attendance in states where it’s legal for adults.

      There should be no “just for adults, as a treat” pussyfooting around this. It’s fraudulent, demonstrably harmful, and perpetrated by bigots who want nothing less than to exterminate the identities of all LGBTQ+ people. Leaving the fascists alone has never worked.