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Chelsea Clinton Calls Gay Conversion Therapy 'Child Abuse'

Chelsea Clinton Calls Gay Conversion Therapy 'Child Abuse'

byChelsea Clinton: GOP promotes "child abuse" by endorsing gay conversion therapy for kids.The daughter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is speaking out against gayconversion therapy, the despicable attempt to force a child or young adult to reverse their sexual orientation or gender identity, often to satisfy the religious superstition and bigotry of ignorant parents.Earlier this week, at a lunch hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT rights advocacy group, Chelsea Clinton said the GOP's openly anti-LGBT platform "is the clarion call for all of us to do everything we can to elect my mom, and elect Democrats up and down the ticket."In particular, Chelsea pointed to the GOP endorsement of gay conversion therapy for kids:I think what I found most offensive really has to be, as a mom, the open embrace of conversion therapy in the Republican Party platform ― in other words, child abuse ― to me is the clarion call for all of us to do everything we can to elect my mom, and elect Democrats up and down the ticket.


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GOP Backs 'Child Abuse' By Endorsing Gay Conversion Therapy

GOP Backs 'Child Abuse' By Endorsing Gay Conversion Therapy

PHILADELPHIA ― Chelsea Clinton didn't mince words Wednesday when she went after Republicans for adopting their most anti-LGBT party platform in history.During last week's GOP convention, the Republican Party approved a platform that, among other things, advocates going back to defining marriage as between one man and woman and supports adoption agencies turning away same-sex couples.But Clinton singled out another provision as the worst: language that affirms so-called "conversion therapy," a wholly discredited practice of trying to turn gay people into straight people.


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​I Spent Seven Years in Gay Conversion Therapy Programs Before Breaking Free

​I Spent Seven Years in Gay Conversion Therapy Programs Before Breaking Free

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