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conversion therapy

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conversion therapy (countable and uncountable, plural conversion therapies)

(LGBT, pseudoscience) The use of psychiatric or psychological treatment to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person; used especially as an attempt to heterosexualize gay people.

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"Conversion therapy is well known to be harmful, and we’re still having a discussion as to whether people should be able to prescribe it. Source: Internet

Conversion therapy is difficult to pinpoint largely because pro–conversion therapy organizations and church communities have systematically removed language that would provide clearer insight on what they’re promoting. Source: Internet

Conversion therapy refers to any attempt tochange someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Source: Internet

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