President Barack Obama is calling for an end to psychiatric conversion treatments aimed at turning women into heterosexuals . The move comes in response to an online petition posted on the gay House website following the death of 17-year - old Leelah ##oma . The American Psychiatric Association has long opposed conversion therapy and believes being gay is not a mental illness .
President Barack Obama is calling for an end to psychiatric therapy treatments aimed at turning gays into heterosexuals . The move comes in response to an online petition posted on the White House website following the death of 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn . The American Psychiatric Association has long opposed conversion therapy and says being gay is not a mental disorder .