Information resources about the nefarious practice of so-called conversion therapy. Sign the petition.
A list of online information about how harmful it is and that it occurs in Dallas. This post is to support the effort to get conversion therapy banned from Dallas County and the City of Dallas.
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Medical societies on the so-called conversion “therapy.”
American Medical Association
“Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts ( so-called “conversion therapy.”)
https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/conversion-therapy-issue-brief.pdf
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“’Conversion Therapy’ as a Degrading Treatment,” Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Spring 2022.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8902017/
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“Facts about ‘Convention Therapy,’” American Psychological Association. About how it is bogus.
https://www.apadivisions.org/division-44/resources/conversion-fact-sheet.pdf
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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Policy_Statements/2018/Conversion_Therapy.aspx
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“Gay Conversion Therapy’s Disturbing 19th-Century Origins,” by Erin Blakemore, History.com.
https://www.history.com/news/gay-conversion-therapy-origins-19th-century
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More items maybe added, but the above resources give a good understanding of this nefarious practice.
News articles
Conversion therapy is burning the souls of the LGBT.
CNN, “Conversion therapy is harmful to LGBTQ people and costs society as a whole, study says.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/07/health/conversion-therapy-personal-and-financial-harm/index.html
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Business Insider, “When I came out as gay, my dad thought I was possessed by a demon and forced me into conversion therapy. Years later, I’m now a happy gay man.”
https://www.businessinsider.com/forced-into-conversion-therapy-kid-lgbtq-gay-2023-5
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CNN, “What conversion therapy cost me.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/opinions/conversion-therapy-lgbtq-youth-conley/index.html
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GQ, “My harrowing Journey Through Gay Conversion Therapy.”
https://www.gq.com/story/gay-conversion-therapy-russia
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Teen Vogue, “How Gay Conversion Therapy Came to Be, and How It Persists Today.”
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-gay-conversion-therapy-came-to-be-and-how-it-persists-today
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Guardian, ‘I still have flashbacks’: the ‘global epidemic’ of LGBT conversion therapy.”
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BBC, “The day I met a ‘gay conversion therapist,’”
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-49679273
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New York Times, “I Was Tortured in Gay Conversion Therapy. And It’s Still Legal in 41 States.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/gay-conversion-therapy-torture.html
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