Massachetts Bans Gay Conversn Therapy for Mors

Contents:

• MASSACHETTS BE 16TH STATE TO BAN 'GAY NVERSN THERAPY'
• BANNED OM FACEBOOK, THE NEW STORI OF EX-GAY HERO ARE AVAILABLE HERE:
• MASSACHETTS GOV. CHARLIE BAKER SIGNS BILL BANNG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS MASSACHETTS
• GAY CONVERSN THERAPY: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
• MASSACHETTS BANS CONTROVERSIAL ‘GAY CONVERSN’ THERAPY FOR MORS

MASSACHETTS BE 16TH STATE TO BAN 'GAY NVERSN THERAPY'

Charlie Baker on Monday signed to law HR 140, a bill that bans gay nversn therapy on mors, makg Massachetts the 16th state to prohib the medilly discreded and ntroversial practice. ”Conversn therapy, also known as “reparative therapy” or “ex-gay therapy, ” which has been scribed as “torture” by some who have been subjected to , aims to change a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. Homosexualy, he believed, is an adaptatn to trma; is rooted a same-sex attachment problem that leav the boy alienated om his mascule nature.

" However, his view, homosexual velopment not only works agast our blogil sign, but leav repercsns throughout the personaly. In his work wh hundreds of men over the years, he saw how homosexual velopment distorted his clients' unrstandg of genr.

Also, reparative therapy was never tend for people who intify as gay and are ntent wh their gay-self-intifitn. But I'm troubled by homosexual attractns that prevent me om beg who I really am.

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MASSACHETTS GOV. CHARLIE BAKER SIGNS BILL BANNG GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS

The legimate therapist will not simply accept at face value, the client’s gay feelgs.

He mt always ask “why, ” rather than lockg the client to an unwanted gay Nilosi Sr. Pecially among transgenr In some relig practic, homosexualy and other forms of genr exprsn and inty are sometim viewed as “evil. But provirs, ually unlicensed, n often disguise the terms they e to avoid beg terms clu:Sexual attractn fluidy exploratn therapy (SAFE-T)Elimatg, rcg, or creasg equency or tensy of unwanted same-sex attractn (SSA)Reparative therapySexual reorientatn effortsEx-gay mistryPromotg healthy sexualyAddrsg sexual addictns and disorrsSexualy unselgEnuragg relatnal and sexual wholensHealg sexual brokennsConversn therapy techniqu n lead to feelg “ls than” or “damaged, ” impactg self-teem.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS MASSACHETTS

A number of medil and mental health anizatns have issued public statements rejectg the e of nversn therapy bee of many provirs who claim to be qualified to provi nversn therapy are often not licensed mental health practners or medil study found that LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or qutng) people who are rejected or discrimated agast are:8 tim more likely to report havg attempted suiciAlmost 6 tim more likely to report high levels of prsnMore than 3 tim as likely to e illegal dgs3 tim more likely to be at high risk of HIV and other STDsAcrdg to rearch, nearly 700, 000 LGBTQ adults the U.

GAY CONVERSN THERAPY: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Cochran, Sexual Reorientatn Therapy Interventns: Perspectiv of Ex-Ex-Gay Individuals, 17 J. Gay and Lbian Mental Health 291 (2010); Ariel Shidlo and Michael Schroer, Changg Sexual Orientatn: A Consumer’s Report, 33 Prof. rponse to a Generatns qutn that asked if they were lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or same-genr lovg, if they were the age and.

MASSACHETTS BANS CONTROVERSIAL ‘GAY CONVERSN’ THERAPY FOR MORS

For timat of the proportn of youth who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual see Lra Kann et al., Sexual Inty, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behavrs among Stunts Gras 9-12 – Uned Stat and Selected S, 2015 (2016). For timat of the proportn of youth who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual see Kann et al., supra note 7.