Let’s Stop Trying to “Convert” Gay People by Therapy, American Doctors Say

The American Medical Association in the United States has announced it will be supporting a ban on conversion therapy, or the attempt to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals.

Conversion therapy assumes that LGBTQ+ people are mentally ill and can be cured through psychological, spiritual or even physical procedures. According to a UCLA School of Law study, hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ+ Americans have undergone conversion therapy – which can trigger post-traumatic stress disorder or suicidal thoughts.

“It is clear to the AMA that the conversion therapy needs to end in the United States given the risk of deliberate harm to LGBTQ people,” says AMA board member William E. Kobler, adding, “Conversion therapy has no foundation as scientifically valid medical care.”