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Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/11/19  3:40 pm
Commenter: Cole Mallard

Rights of parents and children
 

Let parents, children, and youth, obtain help from a professional --  why not. 

And let's stop ignoring harmful contaminants that might be causing homosexuality. 

An important factor which should be looked at in the LGBTQ populations, is the adverse effects of BPA.  In a 2014 report by the National Institutues of Health, "BPA has been found to produce several defects in the embryo, such as feminization of male fetuses, [and] atrophy of the testes …” –National Institutes of Health

Adverse effects of BPA on male reproductive function
Manfo FP1, Jubendradass R, Nantia EA, Moundipa PF, Mathur PP.; Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. 2014;228:57-82. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-01619-1_3. Author information

Abstract
BPA is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant, resulting mainly from manufacturing, use or disposal of plastics of which it is a component, and the degradation of industrial plastic-related wastes.

Growing evidence from research on laboratory animals, wildlife, and humans supports the view that BPA produces an endocrine disrupting effect which can adversely affect male reproductive function.

Therefore, it is important to realize that "gay" men may be suffering from exposure to this contaminant.  

I guess what I want to point out here is that homosexuality is not a "natural" tendency.  

Why don't we explore further and come to understand what is interfering with the bodies hormone levels.  

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