Conversion therapy

Conversion Therapy of minors is only illegal in 5 states: Vermont, California, New Jersey, Illinois and Oregon. There are many states missing from this list, including Virginia. The state of Virginia must acknowledge that the practice of conversion therapy should be equated with the use of torture. Our constitution outlaws the use of cruel and unusual punishment. However, in allowing this practice to continue, we have neglected both the constitution, as well as our citizens. As the birthplace of

Conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, is any treatment that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. A heterosexual is a person who is sexually attracted only to people of the opposite sex, and a homosexual is an individual who is sexually attracted to others of the same sex. There are different ways to go through conversion therapy. Conversion therapists use a range of approaches that can include general therapy, prayer, hypnosis, or aversion

Homosexuality reorientation therapy is a controversial topic. Its effectiveness as well as the ethics involved stir up much debate. Since homosexuality is not an illness, "The American Psychological Association reiterated the ‘long-standing official position that homosexuality and bisexuality are not mental disorders, (APA, 1998)" (Slife, 2004), can it be treated? If it can, how, and under what circumstances it should be used, are important questions. Before discussing treatment, original orientation

need parental consent to being transitioning under the age of 18. In the case of Leelah Alcorn, an Ohio teen who identified as transgender, her parents’ denigrated her for identifying as a woman because she was born a male. They sent her to conversion therapy, christian therapists, and would not let her officially start transitioning into a woman, let alone even call her by her preferred name or pronouns. Leelah was depressed, lonely, and heartbroken that unsupportive

relationships. Yet, people still refuse to listen, and conversion therapy still exists. This “therapy” is meant to get rid of homosexuality in an individual through extreme methods but in reality, it only brings harm and trauma to the person in question. While some do believe conversion therapy works and is necessary in order to get rid of homosexuality, the truth is, it is a discriminating act that must be eradicated. The views on conversion therapy are not new but have developed over time. According

Christian conversion therapy to “fix” her. She wanted the world to understand that no one can change her and she wanted her story to inspire others to take action against conversion therapies. She also wanted other members of the LGBT+ community to feel okay with themselves. Many people who hear of this story do not even know what conversion therapy is, even though it does play a very important part of her story. Conversion therapy is described as

homosexual to heterosexual, some of these efforts are known as conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, or also known as reparative therapy or gay therapy, has brought up moral debates and has since become a controversy in the United States and other countries. Some, most being conservative Christians, still see the need to "cure" homosexuality, while mainstream practitioners see conversion therapy as harmful and unethical. The history of conversion

Coercive messages from social media, friends, or family members have also pushed many others to try conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, is the process of undergoing treatment in order to convert lesbian, gay, and bisexual people to heterosexuality and transgender (trans) people to the gender they were assigned at birth (Grisham). By banning conversion therapy, the government would stop this inhumane treatment, prevent significant psychological damage,

Although various methods of Conversion Therapy have been around since sense the dawn of religion itself, the early 1900’s peaked interest in the so-called “psychiatric problem” that is homosexuality; indeed, oftentimes considered The Father of Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud claimed that homosexuality may be removed from the brain through hypnotism or therapeutic torture. Through his widely respected claims, Freud, for a short era, influenced the decisions of many Evangelical Christians with homosexual

speaker, on conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a pseudoscientific practice that encompasses psychological or spiritual interventions to try and change an individual’s, usually a minor’s, sexual orientation. It has been highly discredited and criticized by all major American medical and psychological organizations and even, in 2001, the United States Surgeon General David Satcher, stated that there was “no valid scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed”. However, conversion therapy