Chiles v. Salazar · ¶88

Not only is conversion therapy ineffective, former participants of conversion therapy report that it causes lasting psychological harm. Gay and transgender children who underwent nonaversive conversion therapy say they were taught to feel shame and self-hatred. See Brief for Conversion Therapy Survivor Network et al. as Amici Curiae 11–14. And survivors of conversion therapy continue to suffer from PTSD, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Id., at 19–22. As one survivor put it, conversion therapy “ `came close to killing me.' ” Id., at 17.

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