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Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/9/19  1:26 pm
Commenter: Matt Ashcroft

Conversion “therapy” is increased shame
 

There is nothing ethical about shaming individuals of their sexual orientation. Using shame based techniques to control the narrative on how queer people should live their lives further puts them in the closet and hurts us. Specifically, I have seen a man that wanted to transition into a woman; where conversion therapists are simulating a birth into their “manhood.” I do not know if that person is dead or alive due to depression and nobody should be forced to watch their own birth due to their internalized homophobia. Please, stop this! 

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