What are the emerging trends in the debate surrounding conversion therapy?

Apr 5, 2024 ... UKCP has taken the decision to withdraw its signature from the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy in the UK v2 (MoU) and its membership of the ... This paper reviews the history of conversion therapy practices as well as clinical, ethical and research issues they raise. Highlights. •. Conversion therapy is ineffective and likely to cause significant harm. •. Conversion therapy constitutes cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment ... "Conversion therapy" means any practice or treatment that seeks to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity. Jan 12, 2023 ... Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to again allow therapists, social workers and counselors to try to change LGBTQ clients' gender identities and sexual ... The research on conversion therapy is limited by the difficulty of empirically assessing a person's sexual orientation. All of the studies we identified rely on ... In 2017, the UK Government's National LGBT Survey estimated that. 2% of respondents had undergone so-called “conversion therapy”. However, through the ... Jun 25, 2024 ... Despite empirical evidence documenting its harms and substantial legislative efforts to ban its practice, conversion therapy remains a ... "Conversion therapy" means any practice or treatment administered to a person under eighteen years of age that seeks to change the person's sexual orientation ... Conversion therapy does not include counseling or therapy for an individual who is seeking to undergo a gender transition or who is in the process of undergoing ...