Published in

Prism & Pen

Meagon Nolasco

Dec 18, 2021

6 min read

Conversion Therapy Still Haunts the LGBTQIA+ Community

As Canada bans conversion therapy nationwide, the LGBTQIA+ community will hopefully see it banned soon in other countries

Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash

My first memory of conversion therapy comes from the movie, But I’m a Cheerleader. It was released in 1999, but I saw it first in 2005 when I was 15. While surfing the…

More from Prism & Pen

Amplifying LGBTQ voices through the art of storytelling

Recommended from Medium

Mark Britt

GA: The woman who started Stonewall was black and trans.

Loren A Olson MD

I struggled with being called, “Daddy,” by younger gay men, as @Arthur Keith wrote about, but I’ve…

Tsolmontuya Altankhundaga

Sexuality and Governmentality in Mongolia: The case of Osorjamaa “Normality Vs. Abnormality”

Alla Zarifyan

When Tomboys Grow Up

Shorin Nicholas II

When it all boils down, “Love, Simon” is about Love, Relatability and Representation (SPOILER…

MyUmbrella

Finding Myself

Lance Tolentino

When I tried to change someone this what happened

Henry Hank E Scott

Ask a Gay!

Hey Boomers, What’s Up With the Gay Ghetto?

About Help Terms Privacy

Conversion Therapy Still Haunts the LGBTQIA+ Community

As Canada bans conversion therapy nationwide, the LGBTQIA+ community will hopefully see it banned soon in other countries

More from Prism & Pen

Recommended from Medium

GA: The woman who started Stonewall was black and trans.

I struggled with being called, “Daddy,” by younger gay men, as @Arthur Keith wrote about, but I’ve…

Sexuality and Governmentality in Mongolia: The case of Osorjamaa “Normality Vs. Abnormality”

When Tomboys Grow Up

When it all boils down, “Love, Simon” is about Love, Relatability and Representation (SPOILER…

Finding Myself

When I tried to change someone this what happened

Hey Boomers, What’s Up With the Gay Ghetto?

Get the Medium app

Meagon Nolasco

More from Medium

July 4th is a painful reminder that freedom is a lie

Everything We Value, We’ve Been Taught to Value.

New MAP Report: 59 million youth live in states with school censorship and hostile school climate…

On Naming Yourself At 30