No Such Thing as Acceptable Sexual Orientation Change Efforts: An International Human Rights Analysis

Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) have received well-founded criticism from multiple fronts for their discriminatory effects and variegated harmful consequences on LGBTQ + people. International human rights institutions had voiced their concern over extreme forms and coercive SOCE, labeling t...

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Authors: Boulos, Sonia (Author) ; González-Cantón, César (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 185-204
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Nondiscrimination
Positive obligations
CIDT
Consent
Torture
Conversion therapy
Sexual Orientation
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Summary:Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) have received well-founded criticism from multiple fronts for their discriminatory effects and variegated harmful consequences on LGBTQ + people. International human rights institutions had voiced their concern over extreme forms and coercive SOCE, labeling them as torture. However, the legal status of “soft” non-coercive practices (i.e., psychological interventions willingly sought by consumers) is less clear. This article argues that a proper understanding of the prohibition on torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and of the positive obligations attached to the right to equality requires banning SOCE in all its forms, even when pursued by consenting consumers.
ISSN:1541-0323
DOI:10.1080/08974454.2021.2007200