The gay conversion therapy debate has been
raging in Minnesota for over 14 years, and LGBT advocacy groups have long maintained that the practice is abusive, especially when minors are involved. There’s insufficient evidence to support the use of conversion therapy, and not only that, but that it leads to harmful effects in many cases, and those harmful effects are depression, anxiety, engagement in high-risk behavior, suicidal thoughts, feelings, and attempts, increased self-hatred, negative perceptions about same-sex attractions, says Dr. Margaret Charmoli, a former president of the Minnesota Psychological Association. So, there’s just a lot of bad things that come out it.
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A year into the pandemic, some efforts to help Minnesota health care workers that sprouted up amid the crisis and chaos have taken root.
Students who started babysitting and dog sitting for health care workers last spring have now spread the program statewide, while extra mental health support for essential workers has broadened to anyone struggling with stress. Who knew we d still be in this situation a year later? said Emily Crosby Lehmann, 20, a St. Olaf College nursing student who volunteers for the nonprofit MN Covidsitters. The organization provides babysitting and other services to health care workers. Even after the pandemic, there s always a need to help our health care workers.