Sexual Orientation-Changing Programs Are Dangerous For Your Mental Health
Up until 1975, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders listed homosexuality as a psychological disorder. However, programs still existed that claimed that they could make a gay person straight. Multiple programs were based on religious ideology, and said that homosexuality was a sin and a disease. For many individuals, these programs made them feel less than human if they did not change, or incredibly confused if they “went straight.”
Now, a report released by the American Psychological Association has echoed what people have thought for years: not only are these programs ineffective, but they are also dangerous for the person's mental health.
On Wednesday, August 5th, the American Psychological Association's Council of Representatives reached a decision that medical professionals are “not to recommend to their clients that they can change their sexual orientation through therapy or any other methods” (CNN).
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