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Conversion therapies, also known as conversion practices, are efforts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. These practices are not just harmful, they do the opposite of what they claim.

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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the nation's conversion therapy bans are still in effect. Colorado rewrote its law to avoid protected speech, and no one has yet challenged other state or local laws. 🧵1/3
Map of 22 U.S. states and 114 localities with bans on conversion therapy still in effect.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It disappoints me to see some LGBTQ advocates using the Iran war to spread hatred of anyone who upholds human rights and democracy for people in Gaza, Lebanon, or the West Bank. Support for human rights for all is not "antisemitic."
Supporting a Democratic & Human Rights-Centered Israel

Promotes
• Fair treatment of all religious groups
• Equal rights for Jews & Palestinians
• Peaceful coexistence

Opposes
• Civilian harm
• Discriminatory laws in the West Bank
• Excessive force against protesters

Supports
• Human rights organizations
• International law
• Criticism of military occupation

Supporting a democratic Israel includes defending equal rights and human rights for all people... and opposing abuses of power. This is not antisemitic.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Some survivors of harsh conservative Christian “therapy” are taught to see the world as “us vs. them.” That can fuel fear of Jews, Muslims, and other outsiders. Survivors are not the problem. The toxic system that taught fear and prejudice is. #Iran #Gaza #Israel
A bright, upbeat rally scene shows two young women standing close together and smiling at the camera.

The woman on the left appears Jewish. She has short dark hair, a small blue head covering, a denim jacket, and a black shirt with a rainbow heart on it. The woman on the right appears Muslim. She is wearing a light beige hijab, a denim jacket, and a light purple shirt. Her arm is around the other woman’s shoulder, and they look relaxed and happy together.

Each is holding a rainbow-striped protest sign. One sign says “UNITED AGAINST HATE” and the other says “LOVE IS LOVE.” Behind them is a crowd of people at what looks like an LGBTQ pride or solidarity march. In the background are more signs, including one that says “NO MORE HOMOPHOBIA” and another that says “INTERFAITH PRIDE” with Jewish and Muslim symbols. A large rainbow flag is also visible.

Overall, the image feels warm, hopeful, and focused on solidarity against hate.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez is hitting the road in May to celebrate the release of #ConversionTherapyDropout. Timothy will be joined by some incredible guests in every city for inspiring conversations and a few fun surprises.
Save The Dates

Conversion Therapy Dropout Book Tour

Join Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez and Special Guests to Celebrate the Release of "Conversion Therapy Dropout"

NYC May 5
Release Event

NYC | May 7
Talks @ Google

Chicago | May 8
City Lit Books

Austin | May 14
Bookpeople

Dallas | May 15
Interabang Books

San Francisco | May 31
Fabulosa Books

Los Angeles | June 2
Book Soup

Denver | June 5
Tattered Cover

Nashville | June 6
Parnassus Books

Atlanta | June 20
Charis Books

Special Guest Reveals, RSVPs, and More Cities Coming Soon!
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Civil Discourse: LGBTQ Policy Center The Future of Conversion Therapy Bans February 4 at 6 p.m. ET Registration is free for in-person or Zoom attendance: shorturl.at/HhCAw
THE FUTURE OF CONVERSION THERAPY
BANS IN THE US
A discussion with
JACK DRESCHER
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst and Expert Media Spokesperson on Issues Related to Gender and Sexuality
MATHEW SHURKA
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of Born Perfect
ERIC ABRAMS
Legal Associate and Lead Author of an Amicus Brief filed along with Advocates for Trans Equality in Chiles v. Salazar
CRAIG KONNOTH
Professor of Law at the University of Virginia with a Focus in Health Law and LGBT Rights
Moderated by
ERIN MAYO-ADAM
Director of the LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 6 pm-7:30 pm
Reception to follow
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
47-49 E. 65th Street
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
bit.ly/hunter-2-4
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The American Counseling Association's Governing Council has approved a new Task Force on Conversion Therapy & Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (CT-SOCE), co-chaired by Michael Chaney, PhD, and Michael Brubaker, PhD.
ACA x SAIGE Update
The American Counseling Association has approved a new Task Force on Conversion Therapy & Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (CT-SOCE),
co-chaired by Michael Chaney, PhD, and Michael Brubaker, PhD.
This work focuses on reviewing research and ethics, examining implications for counselor education and training, and developing evidence-based recommendations for practice, policy, and advocacy.
We're proud to highlight this collaboration with SAIGE and continued efforts toward affirming, ethical, and inclusive counseling practices.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Lucas Wilson (@lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social) joins Michael Kwag, Dean Rasmussen, and Peter Graham TONIGHT to speak about conversion therapy. Wilson will present a broadened definition of conversion practices that seek to eradicate LGBTQ people. Tickets: www.showpass.com/QueerHorizon...
WITH GENOCIDAL INTENTIONS:
CONVERSION PRACTICES IN NORTH AMERICA
Lucas Wilson
Wilson will present a broadened definition of conversion practices before discussing the prevalence of conversion practices in North America, which have, by definition, had genocidal intentions that seek the eradication of LGBTQ+ communities.
Panel discussion on conversion therapy in Canada with Lucas Wilson, Michael Kwag, Peter Graham, and Dean Rasmussen to follow presentation.
Thursday, January 22 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Roundhouse, Allard Hall
MacEwan University
Or Online
All are welcome to attend.
Complimentary tickets available
ShowPass.com/QueerHorizons-Wilson
Closed captioning online.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
OLD VS NEW CONVERSION THERAPY Old ex-gay activists promised to increase paying clients' heterosexuality by coaching these souls to blame parents, upbringing, and insufficient faith for their struggle. 1/6 Source: copilot.microsoft.com/shares/p7zam...
A chart comparing the conversion therapy proponents of 20-30 years ago: Stephen Black, Anne Paulk Edward, Christopher Doyle, Andrew Comiskey, and Australia's James ParkerA chart comparing the organizations that currently lead the conversion therapy movement in the United States: the Changed Movement, Freedom March, Harvest USA, North Star, and Brothers on a Road Less Traveled (Journey into Manhood).A chart comparing old and new rhetoric used by proponents of conversion therapy: 
"Reparative therapy" vs. "Freedom from unwanted desires"
"Fixing homosexuality" vs "Walking in holiness" and "sexual discipleship"
"Treatment" vs. "Revival" and "testimony"
"Disorder" vs. "Brokenness," "woundedness," and "sexual addiction"
"Conversion" vs. "identity reconciliation" and "narrative alignment"
"Therapy" vs. "experiential healing" and "brotherhood"
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
(LGBTQ affirming vs. disapproving) were part of a two-dimensional spectrum that included Communication Methods D and E. Complicated! 🤯 Source: bridges-across.org/ba/divide.htm
A graphic depiction of a two-dimensional compass correlating opinion on sexual orientation with respectful or uncivil communication of those opinions. Source: https://bridges-across.org/ba/divide.htm
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Did conversion therapy laws in ~25 states accomplish much? Not enough, unfortunately: No one was ever prosecuted, and only a half-dozen therapists were sanctioned. What do we need instead: 1/3
A caricature of a U.S. map depicting states pink triangles or skull-and-crossbone symbols on the individual states, depending on whether those states are tolerant or hostile to LGBTQ equality.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A screening and discussion of the great documentary CURED about how gay and lesbian pioneering activists got homosexuality out of the APA's Index of Mental Disorders in 1972-73. Thursday, October 16 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library 901 G Street, NW
Poster art for the documentary film Cured: a film by Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon. cureddocumentary.com
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The ex-gay and conversion therapy movements overlap with other poorly regulated industries that use residential facilities to abuse, control, exploit, and brainwash youths. 2/2
A Venn diagram intersecting faith-based restoration ministries, ex-gay or conversion therapy groups, cults, moral panic campaigns, abusive juvenile justice systems, and the troubled teen industry, as interrelated facets of a system that controls, brainwashes, and abuses youths.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Muhsin Hendricks, a world-famous gay imam who learned after marriage that you can't "pray away the gay" and went on to offer shelter and healing to other LGBTQ Muslims, was shot dead today by assassins in his home country of South Africa.
Text by Moegsien Hendricks with a photograph of Muhsin Hendricks.

The text reads: Cousin Muhsin, brother from another mother, best friend, often slept over during school holidays. We talked until the early hours of the morning. Mostly told each other dry Hendricks jokes. It was in one of those long conversations that he told me he was attracted to men. He shared that he fasted every Tuesday and Thursday for over a year. He regularly got up early to make special prayers to ask God to "cure" him. He felt guilty and was hoping the Almighty would answer his prayers. He was also hoping that by getting married he would feel different. Muhsin found peace when he made peace with himself. That prompted him to start an organisation to support others going through what he went through. He counselled many young people who were contemplating taking their own life because they were excommunicated by their family, and felt shame and guilt. Muhsin gave them a home, love and hope. "With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love” - Jalal ad-din Rumi. Travel well Muhsin Hendricks,  Warrior of Love 🙏🏼❤️
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A 2021 research study that promoted conversion therapy has been retracted by its publisher. "The methodology, and subsequent statistical analysis, employed by the study cannot support the conclusions around efficacy and effectiveness." pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Screenshot of retracted study.

RETRACTED: Efficacy and risk of
sexual orientation change efforts: a retrospective
analysis of 125 exposed men
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]

F1000 Editorial Office
F1000, London, UK
First published: 04 Feb 2025, 14:151 
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.161433.1
Latest published: 04 Feb 2025, 14:151 
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.161433.1
v1

Retraction Notice (4th February 2025): The article by Sullins DP, Rosik
CH and Santero P: ‘Efficacy and risk of sexual orientation change
efforts: a retrospective analysis of 125 exposed men' (
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51209.2) has been retracted
from F1000Research by the F1000 Editorial Team.
A previous version of this article published on F1000Research has also
been retracted (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51209.1).
After publication, concerns were raised to the F1000 Editorial Team
regarding the data underlying this research. In accordance with F1000
policies, the F1000 Editorial Team investigated these concerns and
conducted two independent external reviews. The reviews concluded
that the methodology, and subsequent statistical analysis, employed
by the study cannot support the conclusions around efficacy and
effectiveness. Considering this, the F1000 Editorial Team has been
unable to confirm the integrity of the study design and the article’s
conclusions.
Therefore, the F1000 Editorial Team no longer has confidence in the
reported conclusions and has decided to retract the article.
The authors listed in the publication have been informed. The authors
do not agree with the retraction.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our editorial
policies and the COPE guidelines.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Translation from Spanish: 
COMUNICADO DEL ARZOBISPADO DE TOLEDO
Ante las recientes informaciones aparecidas en algunos medios de comunicación, respecto de una supuesta investigación de la Fiscalía al Arzobispado de Toledo, este Arzobispado manifiesta:
1. Que en este Arzobispado no se ha recibido denuncia o queja alguna de ningún particular o asociación al respecto de la actividad de la asociación internacional "Courage" en el territorio de nuestra archidiócesis.
2. Que, frente a las afirmaciones publicadas, esta asociación declara en sus documentos fundacionales no practicar terapia de conversión alguna ni pedir a sus miembros ningún
cambio de orientación sexual. Más bien, su actividad se desarrolla en clave de
fortalecimiento espiritual y en la formación de grupos de amistad en los que las personas que participan libremente, siempre mayores de edad, comparten inquietudes
semejantes y se ayudan a vivir cristianamente.
3. Que, como recientemente ha indicado Mons. Luis Argüello, presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Española, la expresión «terapias de conversión» es imprecisa, amplia y no científica, que la Iglesia católica no apoya y que no se encuentra dentro del ámbito de su acción pastoral. Este Arzobispado comparte totalmente este criterio y declara que nunca ha realizado ni piensa realizar dichas «terapias».
4. Que las supuestas acusaciones de delitos de odio, discriminación o asociación ilícita recogidas en algunos medios resultan especialmente contradictorias. La Iglesia, siguiendo las enseñanzas y ejemplo de Jesucristo, busca continuamente acabar con toda discriminación injusta, haciendo objeto de su amor preferencial a todos los que la sufren
(cf. Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, n. 2358).
El Arzobispado de Toledo espera que estas aclaraciones contribuyan a poner luz en esta situación.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Pictures from the 2007 Ex-Gay Survivor Conference. I took these photos for Ex-Gay Watch (exgaywatch.com).
A group photo of attendees of the Ex-Gay Survivor Conference in 2007, co-hosted by Beyond Ex-Gay and Soulforce.Christine Bakke leads a facilitated reflection of ex-gay experiences at the Ex-Gay Survivors Conference in 2007. Bakke writes survivors' shared experiences on a whiteboard while photographers record the session.
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Stop Conversion Therapy / Sogice / Ecosig @conversiontherapy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
/5 This campaign poster's translated text reads: "RE-NEW | Detox from religious violence. A ban on pseudo-conversion therapy in the EU? It's possible!"
Polish-language poster for campaign against conversion therapy. A dark-skinned young man is positioned in front of a white background with the poster text.
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