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> Conversion Therapy seems a lot like violence to me...

It doesn't to me. Who is right?




The victims are right.

Conversation Therapy is associated with increased suicide risks[1]. People are literally killing themselves as a result of going through that experience. I suggest you think more about it.

You are free to have your own definition of "violence", so let's instead settle on the more specific "psychological abuse"[2] and agree that it's not something we, as a society, should accept.

[1]https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/2018...

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_abuse


It has severe consequences for the victim. While it's not physical violence, it does far more harm than a punch.


Are you really that confident that LGBT is not simply a less-common, totally healthy form of the human experience?




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