"The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban conversion therapy, the pseudoscientific practice that often involves trying to turn LGBTQ+ kids into straight, cisgender people. The practice is based on the idea that LGBTQ+ identities can't just be a part of the normal diversity of humanity, that they're so aberrant that they are a sickness that simply must have a cure."
"And conversion therapists depend on their victims feeling ashamed of themselves just for existing. So we want to know: what "converted" you - our readers - towards self-acceptance? Can you think of a moment where you learned to accept who you are? Where you saw that this part of your identity is totally fine and isn't something that needs to be erased?"
Conversion therapy is a pseudoscientific practice that often attempts to make LGBTQ+ children cisgender and heterosexual. The practice is rooted in the belief that LGBTQ+ identities are aberrant and pathologized as illnesses that require curing. Conversion therapy depends on inducing and exploiting shame, pressuring people to hide or change core parts of themselves. Internalized shame can lead people to pretend, date opposite-sex partners, or fear being open about love. A major Supreme Court decision will determine whether states can prohibit conversion therapy, with broad cultural and legal consequences for LGBTQ+ rights and public health. Breaking free from internalized shame is described as a lifelong series of progress and setbacks.
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