{"id":398,"date":"2020-05-04T19:41:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/?p=398"},"modified":"2020-05-14T12:33:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T12:33:22","slug":"a-queers-rite-of-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Reparative Therapy: A Gay’s “Rite of Passage?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"
Out of 50 states, only 19 states outlaw gay conversion therapy. As seen by the two black dots, some doctors continue to practice gay conversion therapy under the guise of reparative therapy. <\/a>
<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Every person has been through a rite of passage, an event to mark an important stage in their life. High school graduation is a great example. That moment, when you moved your tassel from the one side to the other and then threw it in the air. Each rite of passage is different, but are there unique “rites of passage” for queer, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and pansexual people? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you ask, I won\u2019t be talking about celebratory coming out stories. The \u201crite of passage\u201d I\u2019m referring to is reparative therapy, the sugarcoated name used to hide gay conversion therapy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gay conversion therapy includes many treatments, such as:<\/a> conversational, electroshock, hetero-dating simulations, psychological abuse, and physical abuse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Williams Institute at the University of California, documents that about 700,000 queer people have experienced gay conversion therapy (Wong, Huffington Post<\/a>). Participants have commonly called the practices “trauma” and “torture”. For many, this rite of passage was not a joyous or celebrated one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, only 19 states<\/a> restrict gay conversion therapy. Though this could become 18 states as, in 2019, New York<\/a> introduced a bill to repeal its law against gay conversion therapy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we talk about gay rights, all we talk about is our progress. But, why don’t we talk about where we fall short. Why does gay conversion therapy still exist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a gay man, this is frightening. Before coming to terms with my sexuality, I went through my own inner turmoil of self-hatred and shame. I thought that no one could understand how abnormal I felt. Then, you hear stories from other people or gay conversion therapy and sometimes you wonder if you were next. So, let me ask you, why is gay conversion therapy still allowed to exist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every person has been through a rite of passage, an event to mark an important stage in their life. High school graduation is a great example. That moment, when you moved your tassel from the one side to the other and then threw it in the air. Each rite of passage is different, but are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40,39],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-spring2020","tag-gay-conversion-therapy","tag-lgbtq","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"\nReparative Therapy: A Gay's "Rite of Passage?" - Sharing Sociology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reparative Therapy: A Gay's "Rite of Passage?" - Sharing Sociology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every person has been through a rite of passage, an event to mark an important stage in their life. High school graduation is a great example. That moment, when you moved your tassel from the one side to the other and then threw it in the air. Each rite of passage is different, but are […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sharing Sociology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-04T19:41:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-14T12:33:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/247f836f8f5e6a8ebb99484dc04371e7\"},\"headline\":\"Reparative Therapy: A Gay’s “Rite of Passage?”\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-04T19:41:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-14T12:33:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png\",\"keywords\":[\"gay conversion therapy\",\"LGBTQ+\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Spring 2020\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reparative Therapy: A Gay's \\\"Rite of Passage?\\\" - Sharing Sociology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-04T19:41:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-14T12:33:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/247f836f8f5e6a8ebb99484dc04371e7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png\",\"width\":720,\"height\":541},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/spring2020\\\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reparative Therapy: A Gay’s “Rite of Passage?”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sharing Sociology\",\"description\":\"Jaime Kucinskas, Hamilton College\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/247f836f8f5e6a8ebb99484dc04371e7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b6f795c3f90d53a3491e8d03fef5ee77ea6772b490afd777380989b07087f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b6f795c3f90d53a3491e8d03fef5ee77ea6772b490afd777380989b07087f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b6f795c3f90d53a3491e8d03fef5ee77ea6772b490afd777380989b07087f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\\\/sharingsociology\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reparative Therapy: A Gay's \"Rite of Passage?\" - Sharing Sociology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reparative Therapy: A Gay's \"Rite of Passage?\" - Sharing Sociology","og_description":"Every person has been through a rite of passage, an event to mark an important stage in their life. High school graduation is a great example. That moment, when you moved your tassel from the one side to the other and then threw it in the air. Each rite of passage is different, but are […]","og_url":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/","og_site_name":"Sharing Sociology","article_published_time":"2020-05-04T19:41:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-14T12:33:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/#\/schema\/person\/247f836f8f5e6a8ebb99484dc04371e7"},"headline":"Reparative Therapy: A Gay’s “Rite of Passage?”","datePublished":"2020-05-04T19:41:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-14T12:33:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/"},"wordCount":327,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png","keywords":["gay conversion therapy","LGBTQ+"],"articleSection":["Spring 2020"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/","url":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/","name":"Reparative Therapy: A Gay's \"Rite of Passage?\" - Sharing Sociology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png","datePublished":"2020-05-04T19:41:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-14T12:33:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/#\/schema\/person\/247f836f8f5e6a8ebb99484dc04371e7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-04-at-3.53.41-PM-2.png","width":720,"height":541},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/spring2020\/a-queers-rite-of-passage\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reparative Therapy: A Gay’s “Rite of Passage?”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/#website","url":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/","name":"Sharing Sociology","description":"Jaime Kucinskas, Hamilton College","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/#\/schema\/person\/247f836f8f5e6a8ebb99484dc04371e7","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b6f795c3f90d53a3491e8d03fef5ee77ea6772b490afd777380989b07087f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b6f795c3f90d53a3491e8d03fef5ee77ea6772b490afd777380989b07087f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b6f795c3f90d53a3491e8d03fef5ee77ea6772b490afd777380989b07087f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soc.hamiltonlits.org\/sharingsociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}