""I'm not broken. I'm not fixed. I'm just different," trans Kentucky resident Dr Bobbie Glass, who endured conversion practices in the 1970s, told the group. "Conversion therapy did not do anything to get rid of my transness. It made me feel super ashamed. It made me depressed. It sent me into clinical depression and years of anti-depressants and suicidality.""
""These two Sheriffs walk into my office, and they hand me a divorce decree," she said. "I was reading this decree, and it was like, 'you will never see your children again.' That just killed me, so I was like, oh my god, what can I do?""
""So-called 'conversion practices' are acts of physical or psychological abuse, typically by religious groups, that attempt to change an LGBTQ+ person's sexuality or gender identity, which is not possible.""
Six LGBTQ+ survivors recount sustained physical and psychological abuse from conversion practices and the enduring harms they experienced. Conversion practices, often carried out by religious groups, try to change a person's sexuality or gender identity despite being impossible. Survivors report intense shame, clinical depression, prolonged use of antidepressants, and suicidality. One survivor described being pressured into conversion efforts in her twenties after an ex-wife filed for divorce and sheriffs delivered a decree threatening loss of custody. More than 20 US states prohibit conversion therapy, but most states lack bans and a pending Supreme Court case could affect protections.
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