ArticleSexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP2020
Characterizing Experiences of Conversion Therapy Among Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).
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- A systematic review of the prevalence of lifetime experience with 'conversion' practices among sexual and gender minority populations.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Humanistic and Economic Burden of Conversion Therapy Among LGBTQ Youths in the United States.JAMA pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Conversion Therapy Exposure and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk.JAMA network open · 2025Observational
- The Relationship between Serving as a Mentor and Depressive Symptoms among Sexual Minority Men in the MACS Healthy Aging Study.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2024Article
- Conversion practices in Aotearoa New Zealand: Developing a holistic response to spiritual abuse.PloS one · 2024Article
- Correcting a False Research Narrative: A Commentary on Sullins (2022).Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Religiosity and Conversion Therapy is Associated with Psychosocial Health Problems among Sexual Minority Men (SMM) in Nigeria.Journal of religion and health · 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
- Short-term binge drinking, marijuana, and recreational drug use trajectories in a prospective cohort of people living with HIV at the start of COVID-19 mitigation efforts in the United States.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Social-environmental resiliencies protect against loneliness among HIV-Positive and HIV- negative older men who have sex with men: Results from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- 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
- Lifetime Exposure to Conversion Therapy and Psychosocial Health Among Midlife and Older Adult Men Who Have Sex With Men.The Gerontologist · 2020Article
- Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Suicide Ideation and Attempt Among Sexual Minority Adults, United States, 2016-2018.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- "They Want You to Kill Your Inner Queer but Somehow Leave the Human Alive": Delineating the Impacts of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts.Journal of sex researchArticle
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Conversion therapies are practices that attempt to change an individuals' same-sex attractions through psychotherapeutic and aversive therapeutic techniques. Conversion therapies were developed based on homophobic beliefs that same-sex attractions are a mental illness. We sought to describe the prevalence and characteristics of conversion therapy experienced among middle-aged and older men who have sex with men in the United States. Given associations of homophobic stigma and HIV risk, we hypothesized that HIV-positive men would report higher odds of conversion therapy compared to HIV-negative men. We analyzed data from 1,237 middle-aged and older MSM enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Among participants, 17.7% reported lifetime conversion therapy, of which the average start of therapy age was 22.67 (
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