""We need to be very very clear that conversion therapy is psychological torture. It is not possible to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity. We are who we are.""
""When I was young, my mother's friends pushed her to send me to conversion therapy. She said no. Even in the 1990s, she knew, she understood the danger that it posed to my mental health and my life.""
The Supreme Court's 8-1 decision allows licensed therapists to offer LGBTQ+ conversion therapy, viewing it as a matter of free speech protected by the First Amendment. This ruling may lead to the legalization of conversion therapy across the country, despite existing bans in California and 22 other states. Critics, including Sen. Scott Wiener, condemned the ruling, labeling conversion therapy as psychological torture. Wiener introduced a bill to help victims of conversion therapy sue for malpractice, emphasizing the importance of protections for vulnerable individuals.
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