04/03/2026
Despite being widely discredited by major medical organizations due to evidence that it is ineffective and increases risk of su***de, the US Supreme Court recently ruled in a Colorado case to support the repugnant practice of conversion therapy.
As I shared with Religion News Service in response to the ruling, ‘conversion therapy’ is not only medically spurious, its history is inseparable from a kind of religious malpractice that tells LGBTQI+ people that something about them is inherently depraved and in need of fixing. Unitarian Universalism unequivocally declares that all people are born beloved and whole as a matter of our religious faith and values, and the beautiful diversity of sexualities and gender identities that we contain are sacred gifts to be honored, affirmed, and protected.
As a tradition with a decades-long history of fighting for full rights, inclusion, and affirmation of LGBTQI+ people within our faith and in the larger world, UUs reject any practice that suggests gender or sexuality are defects to be corrected, rather than the profound expressions of divine love and blessing that they are. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) will continue our work protecting the rights of LGBTQI+ people in the United States.
Read more faith perspectives uplifting and affirming diverse expressions of gender and sexuality in the RNS story linked in the comments below.
