Editing Conversion therapy (section)

==Terminology ==
Medical professionals and activists consider "conversion therapy" a [[misnomer]], as it does not constitute a legitimate form of [[therapy]].{{sfn|Haldeman|2022|p=4}} Alternative terms include sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE){{sfn|Haldeman|2022|p=4}} and gender identity change efforts (GICE){{sfn|Haldeman|2022|p=4}}—together, sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fenaughty |first1=John |last2=Tan |first2=Kyle |last3=Ker |first3=Alex |last4=Veale |first4=Jaimie |last5=Saxton |first5=Peter |last6=Alansari |first6=Mohamed |display-authors=4 |title=Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts for Young People in New Zealand: Demographics, Types of Suggesters, and Associations with Mental Health |journal=[[Journal of Youth and Adolescence]] |date=January 2023 |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=149–164 |doi=10.1007/s10964-022-01693-3 |doi-access=free}}</ref> According to researcher [[Douglas C. Haldeman]], SOCE and GICE should be considered together because both rest on the assumption "that gender-related behavior consistent with the individual's birth sex is [[normative]] and anything else is unacceptable and should be changed".{{sfn|Haldeman|2022|p=8}} "Reparative therapy" may refer to conversion therapy in general,{{sfn|Haldeman|2022|p=4}} or to [[#Reparative therapy|a subset thereof]].<ref name="Drescher1998"/> Some sources prefer the term "conversion practices" to "conversion therapy", on the grounds that the practices in question are not actually therapeutic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-10 |title=Explainer: What are conversion practices? And why Australia needs stronger laws to combat them |url=https://www.amnesty.org.au/what-are-conversion-practices/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Amnesty International Australia |language=en-AU |quote=To this day, these practices are commonly misrepresented in the media as ‘gay conversion therapy’, however, Australian survivor groups use the term ‘LGBTQA+ conversion practices’ to avoid associating the practices with therapy, as they are not at all therapeutic.}}</ref>

Advocates of conversion therapy do not necessarily use the term either, instead using phrases such as "healing from sexual brokenness"<ref>{{cite journal |id={{Gale|A586241649}} |last1=Lee |first1=Jin |title=Diversity or a flavor of diversity? |journal=Gateway Journalism Review |date=1 January 2019 |volume=47 |issue=352 |pages=34–35 }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Stephens |first1=John Bryant |date=1997 |title=Conflicts over homosexuality in the United Methodist Church: Testing theories of conflict analysis and resolution |id={{ProQuest|304408101}} |oclc=41964052 }}</ref> and "struggling with same-sex attraction".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Creek |first1=S. J. |last2=Dunn |first2=Jennifer L. |title='Be Ye Transformed': The Sexual Storytelling of Ex-gay Participants |journal=Sociological Focus |date=2012 |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=306–319 |doi=10.1080/00380237.2012.712863 |jstor=41633922 |s2cid=144699323 }}</ref>