Conversion therapies, also known as conversion practices, are efforts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. These practices are not just harmful, they do the opposite of what they claim.https://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3mw5bsnmfgk2tTo what extent have trans health advocates and Democrats sought to educate their neighbors and co-workers about trans youth lives -- and to what extent have they sought to enact unpopular regulations behind closed doors? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5bsnmfgk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3mvt436ahxk2pIn "We Were Trapped in the Mirror Too," Randy Scobey reflects on his leadership at Exodus International, how conversion ministries turn lives into display cases and God into a mirror image, and why sincerity could never excuse the harm caused. https://randyscobey.com/we-were-trapped-in-the-mirror-too/18 Sep 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt436ahxk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3mvt36f2kyk2pA major new systematic review in American Psychologist (Pachankis et al.) analyzed 130 empirical studies spanning 70 years of "conversion therapy" (SOGIECE). The findings: 🧵1/2 doi.org/10.1037/amp0001794 https://doi.org/10.1037/amp000179418 Sep 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt36f2kyk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3muueplpe7s2tCan you help someone reconsider their conversion therapy-oriented ideology and identity as "former homosexuals" — or can confrontation make the beliefs more entrenched? https://exgaywatch.com/2026/09/part-2-can-you-help-someone-leave-an-ex-gay-ideology/06 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muueplpe7s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3muuelyoj4c2tWhy do some ex-gay / conversion therapy activists eventually say “I was wrong,” while others keep revising the explanation so the underlying belief never has to be wrong? https://exgaywatch.com/2026/09/part-1-why-some-ex-gay-leaders-change-their-minds-and-others-double-down/06 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muuelyoj4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3mufu2ewtvs2nThe question raised by Christopher Yuan’s sexual and spiritual identity model is whether rejecting an accurate description of one’s sexuality represents transformation—or whether it trades sexual honesty and transparency for a misleading identity that their religious community will accept. https://exgaywatch.com/2026/08/christopher-yuan-exodus-international-holy-sexuality/31 Aug 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufu2ewtvs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3muftwqplck2nWriter Patrick Fitzgerald’s final Ex-Gay Watch article makes clearer why conversion therapy mattered to him. Patrick's concern about gay students, bullying and rhetoric portraying LGBT people as defective was not merely an ideological disagreement: He personally experienced the human consequences. https://exgaywatch.com/2026/08/remembering-patrick-fitzgerald-claims-ex-gay-movement/31 Aug 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muftwqplck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3muazijly2c2tMilo Yiannopoulos’ shift from gay provocateur to ex-gay traditionalist—from deportation fan to ICE deportee—reveals a stark pattern. His identities change, but his method remains: weaponizing contradictions for chaos, division, and self-ostracism. Typical of the conversion therapy movement. https://exgaywatch.com/2026/08/milo-yiannopoulos-from-gay-provocateur-to-ex-gay-ice-deportee/29 Aug 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muazijly2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3muaz52ghoc2tJoseph Nicolosi Jr.'s new paper claims neuroscience supports conversion therapy. But a close look reveals a major flaw: his cited research doesn't actually study sexual orientation change, and some directly disproves his claims. His movement's terminology changes; the lack of evidence doesn't. https://exgaywatch.com/2026/08/conversion-therapy-gets-a-new-name-and-a-neuroscience-makeover/29 Aug 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaz52ghoc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3mt4vw3tcxs2m"Strength in Weakness" is a ministry led by Guy Hammond. 24 survivors came forward to expose it. Dr. Lucas Wilson (@lukenorth.bsky.social) says: "Any effort to suppress someone’s gender or sexuality falls under the umbrella of conversion therapy." https://www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/strength-in-weakness-guy-hammonds15 Aug 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4vw3tcxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/conversiontherapy.bsky.social/post/3msy3a4ntyk2zArthur Greeves was a world-famous Oxford scholar and author C.S. Lewis’s lifelong gay best friend. Scholar Jason Lepojärvi says Greeves’s same-sex attraction developed through phases of disclosure, affirmation, psychoanalysis (conversion therapy), theological reframing, and attempted renunciation. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42584364/13 Aug 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:fxii65v343dqcfgnxnrlxpxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy3a4ntyk2z