Action | Unprofessional conduct/conversion therapy |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 8/7/2019 |
I spent my career working at the American Psychiatric Association and was there when they voted to remove homosexuality from the DSM. I have a gay son. This guidance protects young people from state-licensed therapists in Virginia who falsely claim to parents and youth that being LGBTQ is a mental illness, and therefore taking advantage of parents and harming vulnerable youth. It is not a mental illness. It is who they are. Please protect them. Thank you.