STRAIGHT UP SILLINESS

More And More Straight People Are Undergoing Gay Conversion Therapy

Conversion therapy is a bogus form of medical treatment that aims to change a person’s sexual orientation from gay to straight through counseling, prayer, hormonal treatment, electroshock therapy and other bizarre and horrific methods.

Related: Ex-Ex-Gay Alan Chambers Talks About Why Conversion Therapy Is B.S.

The therapy is banned in California, New Jersey, IllinoisOregon and the District of Columbia, and has been criticized by a number of major health organizations, including the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and nearly a dozen others.

Related: A Disturbing Undercover Look At How Conversion Therapy Tries To “Cure” Gayness

But just in case you need anymore convincing that it is totally, 100 percent bullshit, the folks over at BuzzFeed have flipped the whole concept on its head by having straight people undergo the same sort of counseling that has been inflected upon gay people for decades. The results are both hilarious and sad.

Watch the video below…

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