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Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/9/19  3:55 pm
Commenter: Dorothy C Kelley

Ban conversion therapy
 

Please ban conversion therapy. This "therapy" has been discredited by professionals and by those who have experienced it. Young people who are forced to conform to an identity that's not truly theirs can lose self-esteem and become depressed. The risk of self-harm and suicide attempts is higher among transgender youth already. Please don't do anything to increase this statistic. Young people thrive when they are accepted, supported, and loved for being their authentic selves.

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