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The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons (transitics.substack.com)
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The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 49 points 2 weeks ago

I think they see suicide rates and that's what they're hoping for with policies like this.