Conversion therapy for LGBTQ Americans persists because of loopholes that allow religious groups to continue the practice and a belief among some therapists that the issue has become politicized.
When Julian Klein was growing up in Ocean Township, N.J., as a member of a family that attended synagogue on a regular basis, questions about his identity were constant.
Given his upbringing, the notion that one could purge"sinful thoughts" through intense religious exercise was never far from Klein's mind. But nearly a decade later, the practice persists thanks to loopholes that allow religious groups to continue conversion therapy and a belief among some therapists that the issue has become politicized. Family acceptance vs. Free speech
“We want parents to love their kids, we want political leaders and religious leaders to embrace that, but it is all being jeopardized by anti-trans bills.” As always, geography is a defining factor in the fight: A federal judge in Washington state recently rejected an attempt by a family counselor to block the state's law prohibiting conversion therapy on minors.
“There is great hypocrisy,” Doyle says of activists that support a conversion therapy ban. He believes “the issue is about a political agenda for them based on their political motivation.”
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