Queerns is not a mental disease, choice, or addictn. Tell the 38 stat to ban gay nversn therapy now. (120051 signatur on petn)
Contents:
- GAY CONVERSN THERAPY IS STILL LEGAL 41 STAT
- IS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY LEGAL?
- THE STAT STILL ALLOW THE DANGERO PRACTICE OF GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
GAY CONVERSN THERAPY IS STILL LEGAL 41 STAT
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IS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY LEGAL?
Conversn therapy is a practice that attempts to change someone’s sexual orientatn or sexual inty through harmful means; basilly nvertg someone om beg gay to beg straight. Stat That Still Allow Conversn Therapy on MorsHomosexualy is not a mental disease. Yet, spe the plethora of wily rpected medil anizatns that have reerated the fact for s many parts of our society ntue to treat gayns as an optn that n be overe.
Conversn therapy also known as ex-gay or reparative therapy is the procs of tryg to change one's sexual orientatn or someone n unrgo the practice at any age, children forced by their parents are the on who suffer most. Ex-gay mistry. ”The harms of nversn therapySan Francis State Universy found that “pared wh LGBTQ young people who were not rejected or were only a ltle rejected by their parents and regivers bee of their gay or transgenr inty, highly rejected LGBTQ young people were:.
57, 000 youth (ag 13-17) across all stat will receive nversn therapy om relig or spirual advisors before they reach the age of UCLA Williams InstuteStatements by Natnal AssociatnsAmerin Psychologil Associatn:Affirms that same-sex sexual and romantic attractns, feelgs, and behavrs are normal and posive variatns of human sexualy regardls of sexual orientatn inty; reaffirms s posn that homosexualy per se is not a mental disorr and oppos portrayals of sexual mory youths and adults as mentally ill due to their sexual orientatn nclus that there is sufficient evince to support the e of psychologil terventns to change sexual orientatn; enurag mental health profsnals to avoid misreprentg the efficy of sexual orientatn change efforts by promotg or promisg change sexual orientatn when providg assistance to dividuals distrsed by their own or others’ sexual orientatn…Amerin Psychiatric Associatn:… In 1997 APA produced a fact sheet on homosexual and bisexual issu, which stat that “there is no published scientific evince supportg the efficy of “reparative therapy” as a treatment to change one’s sexual orientatn. ”The potential risks of “reparative therapy” are great and clu prsn, anxiety, and self-stctive behavr, sce therapist alignment wh societal prejudic agast homosexualy may rerce self-hatred already experienced by the patient.
THE STAT STILL ALLOW THE DANGERO PRACTICE OF GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
Many patients who have unrgone “reparative therapy” relate that they were accurately told that homosexuals are lonely, unhappy dividuals who never achieve acceptance or satisfactn. The possibily that the person might achieve happs and satisfyg terpersonal relatnships as a gay man or lbian are not prented, nor are alternative approach to alg wh the effects of societal stigmatizatn discsed…Therefore, APA oppos any psychiatric treatment, such as “reparative” or “nversn” therapy, that is based on the assumptn that homosexualy per se is a mental disorr or is based on the a prri assumptn that the patient should change his or her homosexual of US anizatns that have nounced nversn therapy:.
Conversn therapy, also known as ‘reparative therapy’ or the ‘gay cure, ’ is an extremely harmful practice which assum that cisgenr heterosexualy is the only ‘natural’ way to be, and that beg gay, bisexual, or trans is a disorr.