Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.
Interpretation
Conversion therapy is a harmful practice that targets children's identities, claiming to change their sexual orientation.
Gavin Newsom's quote emphasizes the damaging nature of conversion therapy, which is often disguised as a form of religious or emotional intervention. It highlights the ethical concerns surrounding this practice, particularly its impact on children, who are vulnerable and deserve protection from such emotional manipulation and harm.
In practice
This quote can be used in a debate about LGBTQ+ rights.
If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. And to deny that for your own political expediency, I don't want to live in that column. It ain't worth it.
Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.
You don't come home from the office to spend time with another job. Hopefully you come home to someone you can have a good time with.
When I ask OGs why there's so much division in the streets, nobody never really knows. But you know one thing that everybody always mention? A woman.
Lies had deserted me, and I felt as lonely as though they had been my only friends.
Acceptance is so important because we cannot go through this journey alone. I am fortunate to have a very supportive family, but not all trans kids are so lucky. I recommend seeking out a friend or an adult who you think will accept you and telling them how you feel.
I always had an affinity for older people. I had a job delivering newspapers, and one place I had to go was an old people's home. Some people would introduce you to their neighbors as if you were a nephew or grandson. They didn't get many visitors, so they acted like you were coming to see them. And that stuck with me for a long time.
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