Commentary: Absence of Behavioral Harm Following Non-efficacious Sexual Orientation Change Efforts: A Retrospective Study of United States Sexual Minority Adults, 2016-2018

Overview

Journal Front Psychol

Date 2022 Oct 31

PMID 36312054

Authors

Ilan H Meyer

John R Blosnich

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Citing Articles

Understanding harms associated with gender identity conversion efforts among transgender and nonbinary individuals: The role of preexisting mental well-being.

Mammadli T, Call J, Whitfield D, Holloway B, Walls N Int J Transgend Health. 2025; 26(1):157-179.

PMID: 39981281 PMC: 11837913. DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2024.2333531.

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts and Suicidality: Evidence, Challenges, and Future Research Directions.

Goodyear T, Delgado-Ron J, Ashley F, Knight R, Salway T LGBT Health. 2023; 10(5):339-343.

PMID: 36913530 PMC: 11079439. DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2022.0359.

Correcting a False Research Narrative: A Commentary on Sullins (2022).

Blosnich J, Coulter R, Henderson E, Goldbach J, Meyer I Arch Sex Behav. 2023; 52(3):885-888.

PMID: 36602658 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02521-2.

References

Spitzer R . Can some gay men and lesbians change their sexual orientation? 200 participants reporting a change from homosexual to heterosexual orientation. Arch Sex Behav. 2003; 32(5):403-17. DOI: 10.1023/a:1025647527010. View

Sullins D . Absence of Behavioral Harm Following Non-efficacious Sexual Orientation Change Efforts: A Retrospective Study of United States Sexual Minority Adults, 2016-2018. Front Psychol. 2022; 13:823647. PMC: 8847185. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.823647. View

Blosnich J, Henderson E, Coulter R, Goldbach J, Meyer I . Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Suicide Ideation and Attempt Among Sexual Minority Adults, United States, 2016-2018. Am J Public Health. 2020; :e1-e7. PMC: 7287530. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305637. View

Salway T, Juwono S, Klassen B, Ferlatte O, Ablona A, Pruden H . Experiences with sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy practices among sexual minority men in Canada, 2019-2020. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252539. PMC: 8174694. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252539. View

Kessler R, Borges G, Walters E . Prevalence of and risk factors for lifetime suicide attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1999; 56(7):617-26. DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.7.617. View