Conversion therapy is an ‘open secret’ in Chile, but there’s hope.

MEMBERS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY MARCHED IN OSORNO IN MARCH 2019 TO COMMEMORATE SEXUAL DIVERSITY, AND PROTEST AGAINST HOMOPHOBIC ATTACKS IN CHILE. (PHOTO BY FERNANDO LAVOZ, NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES.)

Andre Mazzucchelli remembers the comfortable leather sofa of Dr. Raúl Miserda’s office, and the softness of his voice as he hypnotized her. “Every time he made me sleep, I tried to fight it,” she says. “His goal was to convert…