Conversion "therapy" is predicated on the wrongheaded idea that (a) there is something wrong with people of non-traditional binary sexual identity or orientation, and (b) it can be fixed with religious (Christian) tradition. Moreover, this does not even meet a loose definition of a "therapy." This intervention is eerily similar to the torture and practices of the witch trials. PSA that this contains some graphic descriptions of mistreatment of people and maybe uncomfortable for sensitive or young listeners.

Links Today:

1. https://www.history.com/news/gay-conversion-therapy-origins-19th-century
2. https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/gay-conversion-therapy-torture.html
4. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/SexualOrientationGender/Pages/ReportOnConversiontherapy.aspx
5. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved/trevor-advocacy/50-bills-50-states/about-conversion-therapy/

Recommendations

- Shane: Thrash metal. All of it. Start with At the Gates. Or Power Trip.

- Abraham: The Trevor Project (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved/trevor-advocacy/50-bills-50-states/about-conversion-therapy/)

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