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04-30-2017, 07:55 PM
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Being gay is **t a disease **r a medical condition. Despite efforts by some medical professionals to "convert" gay people, particularly of teens whose parents make them, gay "conversion therapy" is incapable of treating a condition that does **t exist - and it doesn't work. Though the controversial therapy is widely criticized, only six states (including DC) have banned the practice for mi**rs (http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy). In an effort to prohibit practitioners from potentially harming children, three Democratic senators have introduced a bill that would ban gay "conversion therapy" nationwide.
Senators Ted Lieu, Patty Murray, and Cory Booker jointly proposed the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/928/text/is?overview=closed&format=txt) on April 25. Their argument? Since being lesbian, gay, bi***ual, transgender, or queer is unquestionably **t a medical condition **r recognized as one by professionals, it can**t be treated. Speaking to The Washington Post, Lieu emphasized that the bill targets those purporting to "heal" people (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/lgbtq-people-were-born-perfect-a-new-bill-would-ban-conversion-therapy-nationwide/?utm_term=.75e04d6b06dd).
"The bill is very simple. It says it is fraud if you treat someone for a condition that doesn't exist and there's ** medical condition k**wn as being gay," said Lieu. "LGBTQ people were born perfect; there is **thing to treat them for. And by calling this what it should be, which is fraud, it would effectively shut down most of the organizations."
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Homo***uality and gay "conversion therapy" have a dark history. While it was ******* from the Diag**stic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (https://news.popsugar.com/buy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2 Farticles%2FPMC4695779%2F%23sec7-behavsci-05-00565title&pdata=1) (DSM) in 1973, a few therapists across the country have since still asserted they can treat homo***uality. Patients are often subjected to what is essentially torture to "cure" their homo***uality; people have been electrocuted, had nausea induced, and been forced to snap their wrists with rubber bands as a way to discourage their attraction.
Democratic members of Congress have expressed support for the bill. However, it's likely to receive some pushback in the Republican-held House and Senate (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/politics/mike-pence-and-conversion-therapy-a-history.html). Given that Vice President Mike Pence once supported (http://web.archive.org/web/20010519165033fw_/http://cybertext.net/pence/issues.html) "institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their ***ual behavior" and President Donald Trump (https://www.popsugar.com/Donald-Trump)'s administration is already hostile to the LGBTQ community, Democrats will have to fight for this bill to pass.
This is **t to say that the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 is a lost cause. As we've seen time and time again, love ultimately conquers hate (https://www.popsugar.com/news/Gay-Street-Rainbow-Cross-New-York-City-43463838).
أكثر... (https://www.popsugar.com/news/Democratic-Bill-Ban-Gay-Conversation-Therapy-43477321)
Being gay is **t a disease **r a medical condition. Despite efforts by some medical professionals to "convert" gay people, particularly of teens whose parents make them, gay "conversion therapy" is incapable of treating a condition that does **t exist - and it doesn't work. Though the controversial therapy is widely criticized, only six states (including DC) have banned the practice for mi**rs (http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy). In an effort to prohibit practitioners from potentially harming children, three Democratic senators have introduced a bill that would ban gay "conversion therapy" nationwide.
Senators Ted Lieu, Patty Murray, and Cory Booker jointly proposed the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/928/text/is?overview=closed&format=txt) on April 25. Their argument? Since being lesbian, gay, bi***ual, transgender, or queer is unquestionably **t a medical condition **r recognized as one by professionals, it can**t be treated. Speaking to The Washington Post, Lieu emphasized that the bill targets those purporting to "heal" people (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/04/27/lgbtq-people-were-born-perfect-a-new-bill-would-ban-conversion-therapy-nationwide/?utm_term=.75e04d6b06dd).
"The bill is very simple. It says it is fraud if you treat someone for a condition that doesn't exist and there's ** medical condition k**wn as being gay," said Lieu. "LGBTQ people were born perfect; there is **thing to treat them for. And by calling this what it should be, which is fraud, it would effectively shut down most of the organizations."
Related
LGBTQ Activists Had a Dance Party in Front of Mike Pence's Home and It Was Glorious (https://www.popsugar.com/news/LGBTQ-Dance-Protests-Outside-Mike-Pence-House-43022591)
Homo***uality and gay "conversion therapy" have a dark history. While it was ******* from the Diag**stic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (https://news.popsugar.com/buy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2 Farticles%2FPMC4695779%2F%23sec7-behavsci-05-00565title&pdata=1) (DSM) in 1973, a few therapists across the country have since still asserted they can treat homo***uality. Patients are often subjected to what is essentially torture to "cure" their homo***uality; people have been electrocuted, had nausea induced, and been forced to snap their wrists with rubber bands as a way to discourage their attraction.
Democratic members of Congress have expressed support for the bill. However, it's likely to receive some pushback in the Republican-held House and Senate (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/us/politics/mike-pence-and-conversion-therapy-a-history.html). Given that Vice President Mike Pence once supported (http://web.archive.org/web/20010519165033fw_/http://cybertext.net/pence/issues.html) "institutions which provide assistance to those seeking to change their ***ual behavior" and President Donald Trump (https://www.popsugar.com/Donald-Trump)'s administration is already hostile to the LGBTQ community, Democrats will have to fight for this bill to pass.
This is **t to say that the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017 is a lost cause. As we've seen time and time again, love ultimately conquers hate (https://www.popsugar.com/news/Gay-Street-Rainbow-Cross-New-York-City-43463838).
أكثر... (https://www.popsugar.com/news/Democratic-Bill-Ban-Gay-Conversation-Therapy-43477321)