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Efforts to change LGBTQ people’s sexual orientation and gender identities cost the U.S. an estimated $9.23 billion each year, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics.https://t.co/Qijaon19gJ
— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) March 12, 2022
From NBC Out:
Research published by The Trevor Project in 2019 found that LGBTQ young people who had been subjected to conversion therapy were more likely to have attempted suicide in the previous 12 months than other queer youths.
While the $9.23 billion figure attempts to factor in intangible costs, like lost productivity to businesses from survivors’ dealing with mental health struggles, many of the costs that are factored in are direct.
The Trevor Project estimates that $650 million is spent annually to provide for so-called conversion therapy, which is also referred to as “reparative therapy” or “ex-gay therapy.”
Read more about the study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics here. There are currently 25 states which ban (or partially ban) the dangerous practice of conversion therapy. Nearly every professional medical organization denounces conversion therapy including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association, the World Psychiatric Association and more.
“In addition to being “discriminatory” and “profoundly harmful,” LGBTQ+ conversion therapy costs the U.S. an estimated $9.23 billion each year, according to a peer reviewed study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics” ‼️https://t.co/rYcEIPIUfc
— The Trevor Project (@TrevorProject) March 10, 2022
New research from The @TrevorProject finds that conversion therapy costs the U.S. economy an estimated $9.23 billion each year. This discredited practice is a danger to LGBTQ youth across the country—and a major financial burden to society: https://t.co/LU1uYXQ0oN pic.twitter.com/Hz7LUKueyB
— Preston Mitchum, he/him (@PrestonMitchum) March 8, 2022
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