Political archery and moving targets: How Canada made it a crime to perpetrate “conversion therapy” and what it will take to fully eradicate the practices Approximately 9% of sexual and gender minorities globally are exposed to “conversion therapy,” or organized attempts to suppress or deny the identities of queer and trans people. Effective prevention of conversion practices—so-called because they are not, in fact, therapeutic for most of those exposed—is stymied by unethical mislabeling of practices as well as disinformation regarding the safety and...
