Gay therapy
The Lies and Dangers of Efforts to Switch Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
Organizational Positions on Reparative Therapy
Declaration on the Impropriety and Dangers of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts
We, as national organizations characterizing millions of licensed medical and mental health look after professionals, educators, and advocates, come together to convey our professional and scientific consensus on the impropriety, inefficacy, and detriments of practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender individuality, commonly referred to as “conversion therapy.”
We pose firmly together in sustain of legislative and policy efforts to curtail the unscientific and dangerous apply of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts.
American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry
"The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds no evidence to support the application of any “therapeutic intervention” operating under the premise that a specific sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression is patho
What does the scholarly research say about whether conversion therapy can change sexual orientation without causing harm?
Overview: We identified 47 peer-reviewed studies that that met our criteria for adding to knowledge about whether conversion therapy (CT) can alter sexual orientation without causing harm. Thirteen of those studies included primary research. Of those, 12 concluded that CT is ineffective and/or harmful, finding links to depression, suicidality, anxiety, social isolation and decreased capacity for intimacy. Only one explore concluded that sexual orientation change efforts could succeed—although only in a minority of its participants, and the study has several limitations: its entire sample self-identified as religious and it is based on self-reports, which can be biased and unreliable. The remaining 34 studies undertake not make an empirical determination about whether CT can alter sexual orientation but may offer useful observations to help mentor practitioners who treat LGB patients.
The research on conversion therapy is limited by the difficulty of empiricall
So-Called &#;Conversion Therapy&#; Practices
*This section was created as a collaboration between GLAAD and Born Perfect
Anti-LGBTQ activists have falsely claimed for years that a person&#;s sexual orientation or gender identity is a choice and changeable — but only for LGBTQ people. They often falsely claim that LGBTQ identities are not real, but rather an statement of mental illness or an feeling disorder that can be &#;cured&#; through psychological or religious intervention. Anti-LGBTQ activists claim that creature attracted to people of the equal sex or entity transgender are curable conditions, and therefore people attracted to the same sex or are transsexual do not necessitate or deserve equivalent treatment under the law or protection from discrimination.
Programs that claim to alter a person’s sexual orientation, gender persona, or gender verbalization, known as &#;conversion therapy,&#; have been widely condemned. In , notorious “ex-gay” ministry Exodus International closed its doors, issuing an apology for the impair done by its programs. Since then, 20 U.S. states have banned th
Conversion Therapy and LGBT Youth
Polling also indicates that many people execute not think conversion therapy is effective; only 8% of respondents to a national poll said they thought conversion therapy could change a person’s sexual orientation from gay to straight.
Current Laws
Conversion Therapy by Licensed Health Protect Professionals
As of June , 18 states and the District of Columbia had passed statutes limiting the use of conversion therapy: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. The laws protect youth under age 18 from receiving conversion therapy from licensed mental health care providers. California was the first state to pass a conversion therapy ban in Four states—Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, and Recent York—passed bans in In addition, a number of cities and counties in states without statewide bans have passed bans at the local level.
All of the state statutory bans allow licensing entities to discipline he