CONVERSION THERAPY CAN BE REALLY TRAUMATIC FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCE IT AND PUT THEM AT A LARGER. FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND SUICIDE ONE SURVIVOR OF ABUSE DURING CONVERSION THERAPY SAID SHE THINKS THAT WOLVES MOVED TODAY WAS A GOOD FIRST STEP. I BEGGED ANY HUMAN OR ANY GOD THAT WOULD LISTEN. TO SAVE ME EVEN CHANGE ME IF IT WOULD MAKE IT. STOP GOVERNOR WOLF SIGNED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO KEEP SIMILAR TRAUMA FROM HAPPENING TO YOUNG PEOPLE STATE AGENCIES ARE DIRECTED TO DISCOURAGE. MOTION THERAPY WHICH SEEKS TO CHANGE SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY TO FIT A HETEROSEXUAL OR CISGENDER STANDARD THE ORDER ALSO DIRECTS STATE AGENCIES TO ENSURE PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE NOT BEING USED ON CONVERSION THERAPY. SOMETHING WOLF ADMITTED MAY NOT BE CURRENTLY HAPPENING. I DON’T THINK ANY IS BUT BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT ACTUALLY IS GOING ON IN PENNSYLVANIA. NOT EVERYONE’S SUPPORTS THE ORDER THE PA FAMILY INSTITUTE ARG MANY PROFESSIONALS OFFERING CONVERSION THERAPY ARE NOT ABUSIVE AND THE GOVERNOR’S ORDER PLACES LIMITS ON COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS WHO DON’T SHARE THE GOVERNOR’S CONVICTIONS PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO GET THE THERAPY THAT THEY WANT AND GOVERNOR WOLF’S EXECUTIVE ORDER CITIES TO STOP THAT. A LOT OF NATIONAL PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICAL GROUPS HAVE SAID THAT CONVERSION THERAPY IS NOT BASED IN SCIENCE, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED GOVERNOR. SAID HIS ORDER TODAY IS REALLY THE BEST HE CAN DO WITHOUT ANY LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signs executive order protecting LGBTQIA+ individuals from conversion therapy
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday signed an executive order to protect LGBTQIA+ individuals from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is when a licensed practitioner tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.The executive order does the following:Directs commonwealth agencies to discourage conversion therapy in the commonwealth.Directs commonwealth agencies to take steps to promote evidence-based best practices for LGBTQIA+ individuals that are supported by the scientific and medical communities.Directs agencies to make updates to policies and procedures to better support LGBTQIA+ employees and the Pennsylvanians being served.Directs the Department of Human Services, the Insurance Department, the Department of State and other appropriate agencies to explore and implement all options to ensure state funds, programs, contracts and other resources aren’t used for the purposes of providing, authorizing, endorsing, reimbursing for or referring for conversion therapy, to the extent permitted by law.According to a peer-reviewed study from The Trevor Project, 13% of LGBTQIA+ youth nationwide reported being subjected to conversion therapy, and 83% of those subjected to it were under age 18.The study showed that LGBTQIA+ youth who underwent conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report having attempted suicide in the past year. Researchers found that when they accounted for the harms caused by conversion therapy – including negative mental health outcomes and substance use – conversion therapy costs our nation $9.23 billion each year.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday signed an executive order to protect LGBTQIA+ individuals from conversion therapy.
Conversion therapy is when a licensed practitioner tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
The executive order does the following:
- Directs commonwealth agencies to discourage conversion therapy in the commonwealth.
- Directs commonwealth agencies to take steps to promote evidence-based best practices for LGBTQIA+ individuals that are supported by the scientific and medical communities.
- Directs agencies to make updates to policies and procedures to better support LGBTQIA+ employees and the Pennsylvanians being served.
- Directs the Department of Human Services, the Insurance Department, the Department of State and other appropriate agencies to explore and implement all options to ensure state funds, programs, contracts and other resources aren’t used for the purposes of providing, authorizing, endorsing, reimbursing for or referring for conversion therapy, to the extent permitted by law.
According to a peer-reviewed study from The Trevor Project, 13% of LGBTQIA+ youth nationwide reported being subjected to conversion therapy, and 83% of those subjected to it were under age 18.
The study showed that LGBTQIA+ youth who underwent conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report having attempted suicide in the past year. Researchers found that when they accounted for the harms caused by conversion therapy – including negative mental health outcomes and substance use – conversion therapy costs our nation $9.23 billion each year.
