Puerto Rico is embroiled in a debate over the ban on sexual orientation conversion therapies, a practice considered by some mental health experts as prejudicial and contrary to what the Senate Project 184 promotes.
The debate that is going on between parties in favor and against the initiative that is currently taking place in the Legislature, the governing body, Pedro Pierluisi, which is pronounced to signal that it is in opposition to these paralysis therapies and no dudará en firmar the project to convert to ley si, finally, llega a sus manos des el Legislativo.
“Tendré que ver lo qué pas in de legislative process, pero si llega una medida a mi despacho estoy adelantando algo que ya es de public acquaintance, que yo estoy in contra de que se lleven a cabo derapias de conversion”, sostuvo el jefe del Executive.
Conversational therapy therapies are defined as any intention to change sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
La Asociación Americana de Psicología, main organization of the profession in los Estados Unidos, sees a las terapias de conversion.
The Puerto Rican Psychological Association also underlined in 2018 that it has been demonstrated that conversion therapies do not reduce or eliminate the person’s psychological symptoms.
PUEDE PROVOCAR IDEAS SUICIDAS
This entity, on the other hand, defines that this type of treatment can provoke ideas and suicidal intentions.
The practice is prohibited in 20 EE.UU states and in Puerto Rico by the Legislature values the possibility of its prohibition, which has provoked a controversy between those who support it and its detractors.
Dentro del Ejecutivo, the secretary of the Department of Health, Carlos Mellado, showed his agreement with Pierluisi and said that his agency had a counter to everything that was in detriment to the physical and mental health of any human being.
Opponents of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) opposition leader Juan Zaragoza and Migdalia González are publicly speaking out in support of the Senate Project 184 to ban conversion therapies in Puerto Rico.
TRAUMÁTICA EXPERIENCE
Zaragoza is signaling these ephemerals to Efe that expose minor to conversational therapies with the end to alter his gender identity can be a traumatic experience that should not be tolerated.
“It is for this reason that I am in favor of banning conversion therapies. Project 184, in no way, involves the decision of a father to create his own dogmas of his religion,” the legislator said in a statement that will be in public view in the Senado between days 24 and 26 of this month.
Without embarrassment, several PPD senators have recently opposed publicity for project 184, alleging that conversion therapies do not exist in Iceland, and testify to LGBT community members’ testimonies that they are victims of these practices.
The PPD senators opposing Guayama’s Albert Torres Berríos; the senator by Aguadilla-Mayagüez, Ada García, and the senator by Arecibo, Rubén Soto.
THE TEXT OF THE PROJECT NO ES CLARO
Janise Santiago, Member of the Junta Directive of the Dignity Project, considered by some ultra conservators, said in Efe that the first thing he had to clarify was that the text of the Senate Project 184 was not clear, that from his point of view no make things easy at the post office.
Santiago claims that what he says is a malpractice and does not give him the opportunity to make decisions that are most likely to happen.
Dijo que, incluso, jóvenes de entre 20 y 25 años buscan todavía en esa edad idificarse on the theme of sexual orientation, reason for what nines or adolescents, with much more reason, deben be orientated by specialists if they have doubts about how seguir.
For this reason, “we can not be in favor of this project”, which in its opinion proves to the health professionals to help in sexual orientation to children and adolescents.
Santiago argues that, no matter how difficult it may be, his training practice any practice tends to suppress a sexual orientation that includes violence, castration, or any similar method.