Democrats in Congress have reintroduced a proposal to ban the harmful, anti-LGBTQ practice of “conversion therapy” as Republicans are ramping up legislative and ideological attacks on LGBTQ people across the country.

  • @Cruxifux
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    121 year ago

    …you guys still have conversion therapy in the states?

    • Flying Squid
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      51 year ago

      Horrifying, isn’t it? Legal torture.

      • @Cruxifux
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        41 year ago

        Yeah that’s fucked.

  • deejay4am
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    121 year ago

    Conversion therapy is more like submission abuse. Fucking let people be who they are, it doesn’t affect you in any way.

    • @Flipht
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      21 year ago

      Real talk, it has less to do with gay people themselves.

      But they spent decades making homosexuality the unspeakable boogieman. And now people are out there not just living their lives, but proud of who they are.

      The fear from the right is, “If they can be out there living like that, why will my flock continue to believe me when I demand that wives be subservient to their husbands, sex only for procreation, etc.?”

      It’s about control. Quashing LGBTQ+ folks less easy now, so they’re going after an even smaller group of trans people specifically, hoping that it will fragment the backlash and let them re-assert their doctrines.

  • @surewhynotlem
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    71 year ago

    Glad they’re trying, but they’re are no Republican sponsors so the GOP will just obstruct for the sake of obstructing.

    I hope I’m wrong.

  • @xc2215x
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    61 year ago

    Good to see from the Democrats.

  • wagesj45
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    51 year ago

    Amazing that it has taken this long to even attempt to ban what is tantamount to torture. Better late than never I guess, but lordy day.