SOGICE

SOGICE (uncountable)

1. Initialism of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts.
   • 2020 August, Jessica N. Fish, Stephen T. Russell, “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts are Unethical and Harmful”, in American Journal of Public Health, volume 110, number 8, page 113:

     There are fundamental ethical concerns about whether youths consent to SOGICE and whether they understand the inherent risks to their short- and long-term mental health.

   • 2021, Darren J. Freeman-Coppadge, Khashayar Farhadi Langroudi, “Beyond LGBTQ-Affirmative Therapy: Fostering Growth and Healing Through Intersectionality”, in Kevin L. Nadal, María R. Scharrón-del Río, editors, Queer Psychology: Intersectional Perspectives‎, page 161:

     It is imperative that psychologists/therapists avoid colluding with client requests for SOGICE as these methods consistently have been shown to be ineffective and place individuals at significant risk of serious harm according to APA resolutions […]

   • 2022 May, Anna Forsythe, Casey Pick, Gabriel Tremblay, “Humanistic and Economic Burden of Conversion Therapy Among LGBTQ Youths in the United States”, in JAMA Pediatrics, volume 176, number 5, page 494:

     As of August 2021, 25 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have instituted bans on or executive orders protecting minors from SOGICE; […]

• conversion therapy