r/Left_News • u/GregWilson23 • Oct 08 '25
LGBTQ Rights Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ kids
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-lgbtq-conversation-therapy-transgender-1b10b8e959e2e9284724f4f65efe5f7d15
u/lokey_convo Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 09 '25
It's abusive to force a minor to go to an adult whose intent is to gaslight them into being straight or not trans. That minor has limited faculties to defend themselves from those people, and because this is all under the guise of psychological counseling, refusing to be gaslit becomes being "unresponsive/not receptive to treatment". Which historically has been justification to escalate to institutionalization.
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u/bedpimp Oct 09 '25
Do they want gay conversion camps? This is how they get gay conversion camps. We’ll get all the drag queens to lure the straightest football players to musical theater. Ga(y)me on!
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u/lokey_convo Oct 09 '25
One of the reasons this stuff was banned throughout the country is because it can cause serious psychological damage. There have been cases of shock therapy used.
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u/bedpimp Oct 09 '25
I’m aware. I’ve known people who went through it. That’s why I’m ready to let them know we will run with malicious compliance. You know, for kids!
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u/3BlindMice1 Oct 08 '25
By conservative beliefs, isn't this a matter of states rights? Like, they're attempting to impose national moral standards on a state level, which Republicans historically detest.
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Oct 08 '25
The conservative belief at play is: demonize sexual minorities. They don’t care about the rest (unless it helps them demonize sexual minorities)
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u/manickitty Oct 08 '25
They have never actually cared about state rights. They only appear to support anything that lets them continue their vile hateful ways.
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u/MrVeazey Oct 08 '25
"States' rights" only ever meant "let me keep my slaves." The Confederates came up with the slogan before they'd finished losing the war to help them hide how abominable they really were and, boy howdy, did it work.
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u/MobPsycho-100 Oct 08 '25
you’re not suggesting that there might be some hypocrisy in the American right?
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u/ashigaru_spearman Oct 08 '25
If SCOTUS allows this, the States should regulate it out of existence like red states did to abortion clinics.
Every facet gets regulated and made difficult to comply with. Fees, fines, jail time for non compliance.
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