California bans gay "nversn" therapy for mors | Rters

Contents:

• EMOTNAL FIGHT OVER NVERSN THERAPY: SHOULD CALIFORNIA LIM SERVIC MEANT TO TURN GAY PEOPLE STRAIGHT?
• OP-ED: CONVERSN THERAPY FOR GAYS IS AWFUL, BUT SO IS CALIFORNIA’S BILL TO BAN
• CALIFORNIA BANS GAY "NVERSN" THERAPY FOR MORS
• SUPREME COURT KEEPS CALIFORNIA'S 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY BAN IN PLACE
• GAY-NVERSN THERAPY LED ILLEGAL CALIFORNIA
• 'MOST' GAY NVERSN THERAPY ROLUTN ADVANC ASSEMBLY
• CALIFORNIA BAN ON GAY CONVERSN THERAPY STANDS

EMOTNAL FIGHT OVER NVERSN THERAPY: SHOULD CALIFORNIA LIM SERVIC MEANT TO TURN GAY PEOPLE STRAIGHT?

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.

OP-ED: CONVERSN THERAPY FOR GAYS IS AWFUL, BUT SO IS CALIFORNIA’S BILL TO BAN

”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 of US anizatns that have nounced nversn therapy:. Cochran, Sexual Reorientatn Therapy Interventns: Perspectiv of Ex-Ex-Gay Individuals, 17 J. Gay and Lbian Mental Health 256 (2013); Elizabeth M.

Weiss et al., A Qualative Study of Ex-Gay and Ex-Ex-Gay Experienc, 14 J. Gay and Lbian Mental Health 291 (2010); Ariel Shidlo and Michael Schroer, Changg Sexual Orientatn: A Consumer’s Report, 33 Prof. Homosexualy (Nov.

CALIFORNIA BANS GAY "NVERSN" THERAPY FOR MORS

Do you, personally, intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr?

rponse to a Generatns qutn that asked if they were lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or same-genr lovg, if they were the age and. 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).

SUPREME COURT KEEPS CALIFORNIA'S 'GAY CONVERSN' THERAPY BAN IN PLACE

For timat of the proportn of youth who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual see Kann et al., supra note 7. (1898); William Stekel, Is Homosexualy Curable?

Capr, Female Homosexualy: A. Psychodynamics Study of Lbianism 299 (1954); Irvg Bieber et al., Homosexualy: A Psychoanalytic Study (1962); Jolan Jabi, Case. of Homosexualy, 154 J.

Analytil Psychology 48 (1969); Lee Birk, The Myth of Classic Homosexualy: Views of a Behavral Psychotherapist. Homosexual Behavr 376 (J.

GAY-NVERSN THERAPY LED ILLEGAL CALIFORNIA

Sptizer, Can Gay Men and Lbians Change Their Sexual Orientatn? Participants Reportg a Change om Homosexual to Heterosexual Orientatn, 32 Archiv of Sexual Behavr 403 (2003)’l Ctr.

Alson, Practice Parameter on Gay, Lbian, or. Of Pediatrics, Homosexualy and Adolcence, 92 Pediatrics 631 (1993); Am. 25, 2009), AAMFT/Content/about_aamft/; Hilary Daniel & Renee Butkis, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health.

'MOST' GAY NVERSN THERAPY ROLUTN ADVANC ASSEMBLY

Assoc., Polici on Lbian, Gay,. 991 Health Care Needs of the Homosexual Populatn, /liverg-re/polici-lbian-gay-bisexual-transgenr-queer-lgbtq-issu (last vised Dec.

On Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Issu, Posn Statement: Sexual Orientatn Change Efforts (SOCE) and Conversn Therapy wh Lbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgenr Persons (2015), Release, Am. 8, 2017), Kaplan, Polil Climate Forest for Florida 2018 Looks Posive for John Man, Negative for Gay Conversn Therapy,. 6, 2018), Marketg, Virgia Electn Poll (May 26, 2017), poll052016/ Moore, Only 8% of Amerins Thk Gay Conversn Therapy Works,, June 12, 2014, news/2014/06/12/gay-nversn-therapy/ B.

For timat of the proportn of youth who intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual see Kann et al., supra note.

CALIFORNIA BAN ON GAY CONVERSN THERAPY STANDS

Stt Wiener of San Francis and Assemblyman Evan Low of Campbell, both Democrats who are gay, prent a bill to ban for-prof nversn therapy servic California. “It was very difficult to prent this bill, ” Low, a Democrat om Campbell who is gay, said once the ck died down.

It is embraced by some relig and nservative groups, such as the California Fay Council and the Pacific Jtice Instute, which say the therapy offers an optn to people who believe homosexualy and beg transgenr are immoral.