NEW YORK, June 5, 2020 (C-Fam) — A United Nations representative has issued a scathing report condemning talk therapy for those with unwanted sexual desires and behaviors, usually related to homosexuality.
“Report on Conversion Therapy†was issued by Victor Madrigal-Borloz of Costa Rica, the UN
Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, who has sought in the past to punish religious opponents of the gay agenda.
The purpose of the report is to encourage governments to outlaw doctors from offering, and patients from seeking, this particular method of dealing with unwanted feelings, something that is happening around the United States and in various countries around the world.
The ideological nature of the report is demonstrated in its referring to doctors who practice this therapy as “perpetrators,†implying they are committing a crime. The report references debunked charges that some therapists practice what’s known as “aversion†therapy, including [...]
What is ConversionTherapy? Conversion therapy is the practice of trying to change an individual's sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual using psychological, physical, or spiritual interventions. There is no reliable evidence that sexual orientation can be changed and medical institutions warn that
conversion therapy practices are ineffective and potentially harmful. Medical, scientific, and government organizations in the United States and United Kingdom have expressed concern over the validity, efficacy and ethics of conversion therapy. Various jurisdictions around the world have passed laws against conversion therapy.
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Conversion therapy advocates argue they respect any individuals who identify as 'gay' and do not seek change. But any person wishing to voluntarily receive support, guidance and explore changing sexual orientation should be free to do so.
What is Homosexual? Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to people of the same sex. It also refers to a person's sense of identity
based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions.
What is LGBT? LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s. Activists believed that the term gay community did not
accurately represent all those to whom it referred. The initialism has become adopted into the mainstream media as an umbrella term for use when labeling topics pertaining to sexuality and gender identity.
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