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On the recordMay 27, 2026
Providers who engage in these practices are actively endangering the wellbeing of young LGBTQI+ people and defrauding their families by promising to “fix” something that is simply not broken.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Critique of conversion therapy practices.

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