ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2020
Prevalence of Exposure to Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and Associated Sociodemographic Characteristics and Psychosocial Health Outcomes among Canadian Sexual Minority Men.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of the prevalence of lifetime experience with 'conversion' practices among sexual and gender minority populations.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- A Preregistered, Prospective, Longitudinal Examination of the Impact of Self-Initiated Sexual Orientation Change Efforts on Health and Changes in Sexuality.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Health among sexual and gender minority people affected by armed conflict and forced displacement: Call for a biocultural and minority stress framework.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026Review
- Sex Differences in Reported Effectiveness and Psychosocial Effects of Therapy-Assisted Sexual Orientation Change.Cureus · 2026Article
- Beyond Gender Binarism: Implications of Sex-Gender Diversity for Health Equity.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Conversion Therapy Exposure and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk.JAMA network open · 2025Observational
- Loneliness, Methamphetamine Use, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Sexual Minority Men in the COVID-19 Era.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Improving prevalence estimates of mental health and well-being indicators among sexual minority men: a propensity-weighting approach.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts and Suicidality: Evidence, Challenges, and Future Research Directions.LGBT health · 2023Article
- A Wake-Up Call for the Field of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Research: Comment on Sullins (2022).Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- General and Case-Specific Approval of Coercion in Psychiatry in the Public Opinion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Sampling Sexual and Gender Minority Youth With UnACoRN (Understanding Affirming Communities, Relationships, and Networks): Lessons From a Web-Based Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Cisheteronormativity, Conversion Therapy, and Identity Among Sexual and Gender Minority People: A Narrative Inquiry and Creative Non-fiction.Qualitative health research · 2022Article
- "Conversion Therapy" Experiences in Their Social Contexts: A Qualitative Study of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts in Canada.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2022Article
- Ridding Canadian medicine of conversion therapy.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2022Article
- Absence of Behavioral Harm Following Non-efficacious Sexual Orientation Change Efforts: A Retrospective Study of United States Sexual Minority Adults, 2016-2018.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8.International journal of transgender health · 2022Article
- The scope and nature of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts: a systematic review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Experiences with sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy practices among sexual minority men in Canada, 2019-2020.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveSexual orientation change efforts (SOCE), or "conversion therapy," are pseudoscientific practices intended to suppress or deny sexual attraction to members of the same gender/sex. There are currently no data available to inform estimates of the prevalence of SOCE exposure in Canada. The objective of this study is therefore to describe the prevalence, social-demographic correlates, and health consequences of SOCE among Canadian sexual minority men.
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conclusionsSOCE exposure remains prevalent and associated with substantial psychosocial morbidity among sexual minority men in Canada. All levels of government in Canada should consider action to ban SOCE. SOCE survivors likely require intervention and support from the Canadian health-care system.
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