How has the understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity evolved over time?

In July 2021, Governor Walz signed an executive order for all state agencies to protect Minnesotans from conversion therapy to the fullest extent of their ... Highlights. •. Conversion therapy is ineffective and likely to cause significant harm. •. Conversion therapy constitutes cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment ... The National Association of Social Workers issued a positional statement in May of 2015 that “condemns the use of SOCE or so-called reparative therapy by any ... Apr 29, 2019 ... Recently, conversion therapy has emerged as an alternative therapy for these stage IV patients 26 . It consists in the administration of ... Feb 16, 2018 ... AB 2943 defines sexual orientation change efforts — or so-called “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy” — as any practices that seek to ... 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 ... Feb 11, 2025 ... To this day, these practices are commonly misrepresented in the media as 'gay conversion therapy', however, Australian survivor groups use the ... 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 ... Apr 8, 2015 ... The medical and mental health communities have long made clear that they reject the practice of conversion therapy, aimed at “changing” one's ... Jul 26, 2023 ... Conversion therapy, also known as "reparative therapy" refers to any intervention that attempts to change an individual's sexual orientation or ...