From TIME · Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez · · 1m 10s
Conversion Therapy Legitimization Fight
CHANGED Movement pushes for conversion therapy to be recognized as legitimate mental health practice.
In brief
CHANGED Movement pushes for conversion therapy to be recognized as legitimate mental health practice. CHANGED Movement seeks federal recognition for conversion therapy as a valid mental health practice despite medical consensus it's harmful. Originally reported by TIME.
My Conversion Therapy Experience
I spent eight years in conversion therapy trying to heal what church leaders called my core wounds.
“I did everything I was told to do, but my sexual orientation never changed”
CHANGED Movement Emerges
CHANGED Movement offers a new way forward for LGBTQ+ people seeking to leave their LGBTQ+ identity behind.
“Accepting an LGBTQ+ identity locks a person into a life of unhealed trauma”
APA Hearing Challenge
Elizabeth Woning urged the APA’s commission to withhold expansion of federal recognition for its programs.
“Counselors are being trained to affirm LGBTQ+ identities without adequately respecting clients who want to live according to different convictions”
APA Commission Suspension
The APA’s commission suspended federal recognition for one year after hearing complaints about antisemitism.
“The Department of Education has yet to make a final decision”
Conversion Therapy Risks
LGBTQ+ young people subjected to conversion therapy are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide.
“Peer-reviewed research published in the American Journal of Public Health found that LGBTQ+ young people subjected to conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report attempting suicide as those who had not”
Legal Challenges
CHANGED filed amicus briefs supporting a Christian counselor challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors.
“The Supreme Court sided with her ruling that the ban likely violated her free speech rights”
Global Bans Grow
Canada, Germany, France, Mexico, New Zealand, and Brazil have adopted bans or restrictions on conversion practices.
“The U.K. is moving toward banning the practice nationwide”
Conversion Therapy Growth
The share of LGBTQ+ young people threatened with conversion therapy doubled from 11% to 22% in one year.
“The Trevor Project found that the share of LGBTQ+ young people who reported being threatened with conversion therapy doubled in a single year”
The big picture
CHANGED Movement seeks federal recognition for conversion therapy as a valid mental health practice despite medical consensus it's harmful.
