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Conversion therapy

Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. Conversion therapy is ineffective at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and frequently causes significant…

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Conversion therapy

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Conversion therapy

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related to Human rights · 25
Conversion therapy → Article, Commissioner, Council, Craig Purshouse, Dunja Mijatović, Europe, European Citizens' Initiative, European Commission, European Convention, European Parliament, European Union, He, Human Rights, Ilias Trispiotis, In, In February, In September, International Rehabilitation Council, July, May
related to Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) · 17
Conversion therapy → Alfred Kinsey, American Psychiatric Association, Borrowing, Despite, German-speaking Hungarian, In, Into, Karl Maria Kertbeny, Later, Many, Robert, Sandor Rado, Sigmund Freud, Spitzer, The, The APA, This
related to Legal status · 15
Conversion therapy → Albania, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, France, Germany, In, Malta, Mexico, Some, Spain, Taiwan, Thus, Vietnam
related to Bans on conversion therapy · 13
Conversion therapy → Ferguson, IESOGI, In, In March, JONAH, LGBTQ, New Jersey, Report, The, UN IESOGI, United Nations Independent Expert, US, US Supreme Court
related to Medical views · 11
Conversion therapy → American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Anecdotal, For, Furthermore, Hippocratic, LGBT, National, There, They, Various
related to Terminology · 11
Conversion therapy → According, Alternative, Douglas, GICE, Haldeman, Medical, SOCE, SOGICE, SOGIECE, The American Psychological Association, Together
related to Gender exploratory therapy · 10
Conversion therapy → As, Commenting, Concerns, Florence Ashley, Gender, GET, Practitioners, Some, States, United States
related to Hypnosis · 10
Conversion therapy → Albert, Allegedly, Canadian, He, Hypnosis, In, Krafft-Ebing, Peter Roper, Richard, Schrenck-Notzing
related to Evolving phraseology · 9
Conversion therapy → Cohen, Coming Out Straight, Homosexuality, Now, Richard, Richard Fitzgibbon, Same-Sex Attachment Disorder, SSAD, The
related to Public opinion · 9
Conversion therapy → According, Florida, LGB, New Mexico, Opinion, Surveys, The, US, Virginia

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Conversion therapyis apseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation0.90text
London-based International Federation for Therapeuticinstance ofThe report highlights some larger groups at the center of these efforts0.80text
Counseling Choiceinstance ofThe report highlights some larger groups at the center of these efforts0.80text
Alfred Kinsey argued that homosexuality was a normal variation in human developmentinstance ofsexology researchers0.80text
raceinstance ofhomosexuality was not a fixed class0.80text
homophobiainstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
social contagioninstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
sexual traumainstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
and autisminstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
increased suicideinstance of9.5 billion in associated costs0.80text
substance abuseinstance of9.5 billion in associated costs0.80text
Conversion therapyhas effectThere0.60section

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