Gay Conversn Therapy: What You Should Know | Live Science

Contents:

• IS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY LEGAL?
• NORTH CAROLA GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORR TARGETG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY
• GAY CONVERSN THERAPY: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
• THE CHURCH AND ‘GAY CONVERSN’ THERAPY
• NORTH CAROLA OUTLAWS OFFICIAL FUNDG FOR ‘GAY NVERSN THERAPY’
• LGBTQ+ TREATMENT CENTERS SOUTH CAROLA

IS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY LEGAL?

A 2020 study om the Williams Instute found that lbian, gay, and bisexual people who had unrgone nversn therapy were twice as likely as those who had not to attempt suici. In 2012, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a nsumer d se agast Jews Offerg New Alternativ for Healg (JONAH) for “dulently claim[g] to provi servic that ‘nvert’ people om gay to straight” New Jersey.

NORTH CAROLA GOVERNOR ROY COOPER SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORR TARGETG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY

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.

GAY CONVERSN THERAPY: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Regnizg provir bias toward homosexualy. Conversn “therapy, ” also referred to as “Reparative Therapy” or “Ex-Gay Therapy, ” is a wily discreded practice that attempts to change an dividual’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. Mchell County Gay Straight Alliance.

California outlawed gay nversn therapy.

Jerry Brown signed a law yterday that bans therapy aimed at changg mors’ sexual orientatn om gay to straight. Beyond studi foced solely on reparative therapy, broar rearch clearly monstrat the signifint harm that societal prejudice and fay rejectn has on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) people, particularly youth.

THE CHURCH AND ‘GAY CONVERSN’ THERAPY

For example, rearch on the issue of fay acceptance of LGBTQ youth nducted at San 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:. "Homosexualy and Adolcence, Pediatrics. "[T]he associatn do not nsir homosexualy a disorr that requir treatment, and as such, we see no basis for [reparative therapy].

"Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health Dispari: Executive Summary of a Policy Posn Paper From the Amerin College of Physicians. This rolutn specifilly not that ACA oppos portrayals of lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals as mentally ill due to their sexual orientatn.... In 1999, the Governg Council adopted a statement ‘opposg the promotn of reparative therapy as a cure for dividuals who are homosexual.

NORTH CAROLA OUTLAWS OFFICIAL FUNDG FOR ‘GAY NVERSN THERAPY’

"Our AMA… oppos, the e of 'reparative' or 'nversn' therapy that is based upon the assumptn that homosexualy per se is a mental disorr or based upon the a prri assumptn that the patient should change his/her homosexual orientatn. 991, Health Care Needs of the Homosexual Populatn. 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. 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 orientatn.

LGBTQ+ TREATMENT CENTERS SOUTH CAROLA

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Amerin Psychologil Associatn 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;. "Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenred and qutng (LGBTQ) youth often beg to experience self-intifitn durg their pre-adolcent or adolcent years, as do heterosexual youth. Acrdgly, is fair to assert that lbians and gay men seek therapy for the same reasons that heterosexual people do.

However, the crease media mpaigns, often upled wh ercive msag om fay and muny members, has created an environment which lbians and gay men often are prsured to seek reparative or nversn therapi, which nnot and will not change sexual orientatn. Aligned wh the Amerin Psychologil Associatn's (1997) posn, NCLGB [NASW's Natnal Commtee on Lbian and Gay Issu] believ that such treatment potentially n lead to severe emotnal damage.

Specifilly, transformatnal mistri are fueled by stigmatizatn of lbians and gay men, which turn produc the social climate that prsur some people to seek change sexual orientatn. Servic that purport to "cure" people wh non-heterosexual sexual orientatn lack medil jtifitn and reprent a ser threat to the health and well-beg of affected people, the Pan Amerin Health Organizatn (PAHO) said a posn statement lnched on 17 May, 2012, the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia. “The most important fact about 'reparative therapy, ' also sometim known as 'nversn' therapy, is that is based on an unrstandg of homosexualy that has been rejected by all the major health and mental health profsns.