Yeah, I assumed Kentucky would be banning something positive. I’m surprised that the state would make it harder to punish people for the crime of being queer.
“Conversion therapy,” also known as “reparative therapy,” is a debunked practice that attempts to forcefully change the gender identity or sexual orientation of the patient, which has often been compared to “torture” by its recipients and health care providers alike.
I’m writing this because I was also making the same mistake. I read “Kentucky bans conversion therapy” and I jumped to the conclusion that a republican was banning gender-affirming surgery or something like that (also because I’m not American and I’m not familiar with who Beshear is: he’s actually a Dem politician).
Kentucky bans treating living beings with respect as Gov. Andy Beshear states “just fucking stop trying, we don’t care, fuck off.”
FYI “conversion therapy” = brainwashing torture
Yeah, I assumed Kentucky would be banning something positive. I’m surprised that the state would make it harder to punish people for the crime of being queer.
Elections matter. Even in “red states.”
Governor Andy Beshear (D) Kentucky
Yeah Kentucky is a lot more blue than people think
I’ve never visited the US.
I lived there for years. It’s worth visiting, just don’t live there.
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I’m writing this because I was also making the same mistake. I read “Kentucky bans conversion therapy” and I jumped to the conclusion that a republican was banning gender-affirming surgery or something like that (also because I’m not American and I’m not familiar with who Beshear is: he’s actually a Dem politician).