Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) unveiled a measure this week meant to take national steps to protect minors from so-called ex-gay conversion therapy, or as she referred to it, "quackery."
“Being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered is not a disease to be cured or a mental illness that requires treatment," Speier said Wednesday at a press conference while unveiling the "Stop Harming Our Kids (SHOK) resolution." "Any effort to change sexual orientation is not medicine, it’s quackery, and we should not be supporting it with taxpayer dollars."
The non-binding resolution declares that "sexual orientation and gender identify or expression change efforts directed at minors are discredited and ineffective, have no legitimate therapeutic purpose, and are dangerous and harmful." It was cosponsored by Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and David Cicilline (D-R.I.).
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