"Conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, is rooted in the Christian ex-gay movement that spread rapidly in the 1980s and 1990s before largely fading in the 2000s. However, it resurfaced during Donald Trump's first term. In his second, it has reemerged more openly and assertively."
"The emotional and psychological harms associated with conversion therapy are profound. They are linked to high rates of depression, anxiety, self-destructive behavior, sexual dysfunction, avoidance of intimacy, loss of faith, suicide, and the deepening of internalized self-hatred."
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that therapists' speech is protected under the First Amendment in the case of Chiles v. Salazar, which involved a challenge to Colorado's conversion therapy ban. The plaintiff, Kaley Chiles, argued that the ban violated her free speech rights. Conversion therapy, rooted in the Christian ex-gay movement, has been discredited as ineffective and harmful. The American Psychological Association and American Psychiatric Association have opposed conversion therapy, citing its emotional and psychological harms, including increased rates of depression and suicide.
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