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Conversion therapy is a form of torture. It's as stupid as expecting someone to change their blue eyes, to green eyes. You can't blame people for genetics, and you cannot just decide, as a blue eyed person, that you are now a green eyed person. It's not a decision, there is no therapy or medication or surgery to "fix" what is not broken. It's just abuse.
We have already been through this with Left Handers. Being left handed is normal. Gay people are normal. Religion does not exist to help people, it's purpose is to control people.
Thank you for attending my Ted Talk.
Growing up in the USSR they forced everyone to write with our right hand. You get beaten if you don't. Was really hard for my cousin because he's left handed. He just learned to fake it for the teachers.
This was common globally (yes, even the US and Europe) until frankly frighteningly recently
It happened to me and I'm not even 40 yet, and yes I'm from Europe
not only in russia, but christianized countries. or christian schools. Left handness was very discouraged when i was growing up. i only wrote with the left hand.
How did he fake being right-handed?
I'm naturally right-handed and I've tried to do things left-handed before and it is insanely difficult, maddening really.
Developing ambidextrous talent I guess. I remember when they are watching he'd use right, then switch to left for the rest and homework.
No they didn't
Sometimes you guys make it hard to laugh at you because you're just so damn sad
Cool story kiddo
Finally, a Ted Talk that didn't suck.
If you count Apollo Robbin's and that guy with the spam mail rant (which really is quite fun) that brings the count up to... three?
I agree that it's a form of torture, but someone can't ever have eyes be a different color because of the trauma. People do act like and belive they're straight because of the trauma forced upon them from conversation therapy.
They also often gain hatred of those who are like they "used to be", and there's no real mirror for that in eye color.
And just to be clear, I say none of this to minimise the horrors of conversation therapy.
Simply put on these uncomfortable green contact lenses every day. Problem solved, just endure the increasing ocular irritation.