An estimated 10,000 LGBTQ youth, ages 13 to 17, have been protected from conversion therapy by living in states that have banned the contentious practice on minors, according to anStarting in 2012 with California, 18 states and the District of Columbia have banned conversion therapy for those under 18, though no state bans the practice on adults.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs legislation banning psychotherapy, known as "conversion therapy," that seeks to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors, at a Capitol ceremony in Denver on May 31, 2019.“The scientific research since the late 1940s has been remarkably consistent that sexual orientation and gender identity are remarkably resistant to efforts to change,” Catherine Lugg, a professor at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, told NBC News.
“Since the 1970s, no credible medical organization has claimed that one can change — or, by implication, should change — their sexual orientation and/or gender identity,” Lugg added. In fact, the vast majority of the general population does not support conversion therapy on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth. The Williams Institute reports 18 percent of those surveyed this year believe the practice should be legal for minors, with 56 percent believing it should be illegal, and the remaining 26 percent not sure.
Yet, 32 states haven’t banned the practice, and 16,000 young people in those states are expected to undergo conversion therapy from a licensed health care professional before reaching the age of 18, according to the report.
They will thank them later
So do the homosexual's youth want to change?
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Have they really or have some people been denied help? It is coming out that not all LGBTQ are solid, some waiver or like Bruce Jenner return to original form! This is not a cut and dried science that politics should control but people who've the flexibility to change their minds
Concentration camps
You don't need to be converted. You deserve to be ACCEPTED! End of story.
Thank goodness ...
Yes, but we finally get to say Merry Christmas again, so it all kind of evens out.
I recall in other lifetimes 'they' sort of determined that SPANKING could cause some susceptible kids to GO GAY.... we do not want to encourage that - do we?
Thankful for the bans of this dangerous and arcane process
This can not be forced. They have to want it themselves. This is not magic. It is an awakening.
Don’t tell the vp
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Yeah, it makes perfect sense to encourage people to engage in a lifestyle that leads to death by 40. But watch out for them fries y’all!
Sad
To think anyone would even consider doing this to someone is awful. Thankgoodness it's been banned.
That would be ...jus weird.
Why don’t you guys get back to reporting about racism.
Conversion Therapy, explained in a Tweet: From the movie 'Airplane': An elderly woman onboard the plane was hysterically crying, so, the passengers lined up with a variety of weapons to beat the woman into complacency. She quieted down after the conversion therapy.
18% is depressingly high.
We seriously need to bring back the nut-houses.
That's my govenor GovofCO!!! So proud! 😀
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