Tens of thousands of American LGBT kids are subjected to ‘conversion therapy’ before they hit 18.

January 31, 2018 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEALTH, LIFESTYLES, US NEWS Comments Off on Tens of thousands of American LGBT kids are subjected to ‘conversion therapy’ before they hit 18.

An estimated 20,000 LGBT children in the US are subjected to conversion therapy from a licensed health care professional before they turn 18, claims new research.

Conversion therapy is an effort to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity and is grounded in the belief that being lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or trans-gendered is abnormal.