- Question
Does conversion therapy work to alter sexual orientation?
Does conversion therapy actually change a person's sexual orientation? This entry sets out the two positions on the question — that conversion therapy works to alter sexual orientation, and that it does not.
Position 1 of 2
Read this position →Yes, conversion therapy works to alter sexual orientation
Position 2 of 2
Read this position →No, conversion therapy does not work to alter sexual orientation
This position holds that conversion therapy does not alter sexual orientation. It argues the practice rests on the false premise that being LGB is a defect to cure — which major medical bodies reject — and that it is condemned as unethical and harmful by health and human-rights authorities.