How can families be supported in affirming their LGBTQ+ children?

Jul 10, 2020 ... Conversion therapy is the pseudo-medical or religious practice of trying to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity to heterosexual or cisgender ... Jul 15, 2014 ... When I was 16, I went to weekly meetings with an “ex-gay” Christian psychologist who tried to change my sexual orientation. Nov 11, 2018 ... A youth pastor suggested a controversial treatment, known as reparative (or conversion) therapy. It was called "Healing from Homosexuality." Conversion "Therapy" Laws ... Conversion "therapy" laws prohibit licensed mental health practitioners from subjecting LGBTQ minors to harmful conversion "therapy" ... Pol'y (published online Jun. 2019). Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (so-called “conversion therapy”). ISSUE ... Dec 8, 2021 ... ... conversion therapy practices in Canada. Conversion therapy is a practice that seeks to change an individual's sexual orientation to ... Jul 26, 2023 ... A ban on conversion therapy for minors was signed into law in Michigan Wednesday in the latest development of the new Democratic-led state Legislature's push ... Although the practice of so-called “conversion therapy” has been well-documented over the last five decades in North America and Australia, prior to this, no ... Jul 13, 2020 ... 'Conversion therapy' can amount to torture and should be banned says UN expert ... LGBT persons endure severe pain and long-lasting psychological ... Jun 25, 2024 ... Despite empirical evidence documenting its harms and substantial legislative efforts to ban its practice, conversion therapy remains a ...