Dems Seek to Ban 'Gender Identity Conversion Therapy' But Not Therapy For 'Gender Transition' according to : CNS News

The proposed law partly reads: "Prohibits sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy from being provided in exchange for monetary compensation. In other words, if you want to reduce same-sex attraction and explore your heterosexuality, you can't use conversion therapy. (Screenshot: YouTube)Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday that would ban the use of "gender identity conversion therapy" for gay people who want to be straight, but would not interfere with therapy that provides "assistance to an individual undergoing a gender transition." But if you want to surgically and hormonally "change" from a man to a woman, you can get therapy to assist you. It was introduced by House Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).




Conversion therapy, also called "reparative therapy" or "ex-gay therapy," can include methods such as talk therapy, electroshock therapy, aversion therapy, treating LGBTQ identity as an addiction issue like drugs or alcohol, and more. Graham used the phrase "conversion therapy" in quotes to refer to conversion to Christianity, without acknowledging the actual treatments that have been used in attempts to "cure" individuals of being gay. Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill last month that would ban the use of dangerous "treatments" to erase LGBTQ identity. Conversion therapy for minors now illegal in 7 states. Anecdotal reports reveal some LGBTQ youth who are forced into the therapies end up feeling so conflicted about their identities that they choose to kill themselves.

Watch Bill Nye Use Ice Cream To Explain The Absurdity Of Conversion Therapy — VIDEO

The segment shows a group of ice cream cones gathered together for "Ice Cream Conversion Therapy." Vanilla stands in the middle and explains, "As Vanilla, I feel that I am the most natural of the ice creams. Nye's ice cream video illustrates why the very premise of conversion therapy isn't only harmful, but inherently absurd. ), and '90s science guru Bill Nye hosts an episode called "The Sexual Spectrum" that includes an animated segment in which Nye uses ice cream to explain the absurdity of conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, which seeks to use so-called "therapy" or religious activity (i.e. However, despite efforts to ban conversion therapy nationally, such programs still exist.


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