Tag: conversion therapy

This week you'll learn about Washington's ban on conversion therapy at the U.S. Supreme Court, Black Hebrew Israelites in Montana getting run over, Chabad of Spokane lighting the large menorah downtown Spokane for Chanukah and more.

The recently released film “Boy Erased” offers a semi-biographical account of Garrad Conley’s experience with conversion therapy.

The Outcast,” comes across as quite forward-thinking for 1992, when it first aired. The episode not only deals compassionately and thoughtfully with matters of gender identity — hardly a buzzword in early-’90s America — but also makes a powerful case against “conversion therapy,” the widely discredited practice of trying to “convert” gay or lesbian counseling clients to heterosexuality.

The American Psychological Association has declared it not only impossible but also unethical to try changing sexual orientation.