Conversion therapy

Conversion therapy is a pseudoscientific treatment that attempts to change a person from homosexual to heterosexual or to suppress gender dysphoria. Most therapy is done on people under 18, who in most instances are unwilling participants. Conversion therapy has been controversial in some countries, including the United States.

The highest-profile contemporary supporters for conversion therapy are Christian fundamentalists and other religious organizations. This therapy has been ridiculed by critics as "pray the gay away".

• Use of the therapy on minors is not allowed in states such as New Jersey, and California, and cities like Washington D.C.

Some of the techniques employed are classified as torture or child abuse and can include

• Nausea inducing drugs: to produce an negative stimulant when viewing same sex imagery.
• Electric shocks: to produce an negative stimulant when viewing same sex imagery
• Humiliation
• Insults
• Forced opposite-sex marriage
• Forced gender conformity
• Shaming
• Castration (most notably Alan Turing)
• Rape
• Religious ways(prayer , exorcism, etc)

Effectiveness

Supporters of this practice say that it is effective as participants after the therapy get in heterosexual relationships. Opponents say that these relationships are not true as the person has suppressed their feelings and they are unhappy in the relationship.

References

1. ↑ "Therapies Focused on Attempts". American Psychiatric Association. Archived from the original on 2011-04-07. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
2. ↑ "Gay Conversion Therapy: What You Should Know". Live Science. 19 August 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
3. ↑ Campbell, Travis; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen (May 2023). "Conversion therapy, suicidality, and running away: An analysis of transgender youth in the U.S". Journal of Health Economics. 89 102750. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102750. ISSN 1879-1646. PMID 36963209.

Related pages

• Corrective rape
• Homophobia