The Pros And Cons Of Conversion Therapy
A controversial topic, Conversion Therapy is recognised by many titles but it's most accurate is Psychological Abuse. Ex-gay Therapy is an "ineffective and unethical" method of forcing members of the LGBT+ community into changing their sexual orientation or gender nonconformity. The existence of conversion therapy is an insult to the legalisation of gay marriage and to gay rights.
One in every three adolescents who are either gay or found to be having non-heterosexual thoughts are sentenced to conversion therapy.
San Francisco State University carried out research on family acceptance of LGBT adolescents and discovered that compared to those who are not repudiated because of sexual orientation or gender identity, highly repudiated LGBT+ youths were: "More than 8 …show more content…
Conversion therapy doesn't make the victim straight, it enforces fears of intimacy with any human being, let alone with people of the same gender.
The most predominant argument is between both the Pro-Gay and Anti-Gay communities, where they heatedly debate over whether or not being LGBT+ is a choice. The Anti-Gay Community claims that people who are LGBT understand they have not been born that way, and choose to identify as a certain gender or identify with a specific sexuality. Christian citizens in support of Anti-Gay efforts believe that to be anything other than heterosexual is sinful, just as they believe that sex before marriage is sinful.
There is another argument in place that sexual tendencies can be thwarted, just as smoking habits and eating habits can. That if being identified as gay is based upon the premise that they are actively participating in homosexual acts, then when they do not, it should mean that they are no longer gay.
If sexual orientation can be altered, the fallback argument of Pro-Gay supporters can no longer be that LGBT should be shielded from prejudice and discrimination because "being gay isn't a
One in every three adolescents who are either gay or found to be having non-heterosexual thoughts are sentenced to conversion therapy.
San Francisco State University carried out research on family acceptance of LGBT adolescents and discovered that compared to those who are not repudiated because of sexual orientation or gender identity, highly repudiated LGBT+ youths were: "More than 8 …show more content…
Conversion therapy doesn't make the victim straight, it enforces fears of intimacy with any human being, let alone with people of the same gender.
The most predominant argument is between both the Pro-Gay and Anti-Gay communities, where they heatedly debate over whether or not being LGBT+ is a choice. The Anti-Gay Community claims that people who are LGBT understand they have not been born that way, and choose to identify as a certain gender or identify with a specific sexuality. Christian citizens in support of Anti-Gay efforts believe that to be anything other than heterosexual is sinful, just as they believe that sex before marriage is sinful.
There is another argument in place that sexual tendencies can be thwarted, just as smoking habits and eating habits can. That if being identified as gay is based upon the premise that they are actively participating in homosexual acts, then when they do not, it should mean that they are no longer gay.
If sexual orientation can be altered, the fallback argument of Pro-Gay supporters can no longer be that LGBT should be shielded from prejudice and discrimination because "being gay isn't a