Resolution supports ban on attempts to convert gay people to straight people.
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Post Bulletin staff reports | 1:30 pm, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
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Olmsted County commissioners agreed Tuesday that so-called conversion therapy is a discredited practice that is unethical and harmful.
A resolution passed by the board without comment also cited support of a statewide ban on the controversial practice that attempts to “convert” a gay person to a straight person.
“The Rochester-Olmsted County Youth Commission along with the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners believe that conversion therapy is a harmful practice that has no place in our community,” Rochester-Olmsted County Youth Commission member Arhan Mehta said in a statement following the board’s decision. “Conversion therapy has been shown to cause serious and dangerous harms such as depression, increased suicidal behaviors, lowered self-esteem, anxiety, internalized homophobia, and