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In our third episode, Sudipta, a Dalit queer activist from India, recounts their experience with psychiatric conversion therapy as a child: “The moment I came out to my parents, to my family, I think my agency was completely taken away from me, if I want to come out to a therapist or not. So my identity was revealed and there was a lot of pathological conversation in terms of what kind of medication can be given, what kind of therapies can be given.” Sudpita also highlights the importance of community involvement in policy responses to this problem: “When these policies are also drafted,, the people from the community are not being consulted. So I think that’s definitely fundamental that we include the lived realities of people because I think the people who are at the positions of power and might be drafting these policies, they might not even have a comprehensive understanding of what conversion therapy is.”

Listen to their full story in the video below, and stay tuned for more stories of conversion therapy in Asia.