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The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons (transitics.substack.com)

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The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

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[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I had to verify this one for myself... It's true.

Why not link to the .gov domain though?

https://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5260_001.pdf

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What is the advantage? The article explains the context much better than the PDF and contains a link to the document in the first paragraph.

[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If I see a link to a copy of the document, it makes me doubt the validity of the information. If I don't have the time or energy to verify it, I'll just disregard it and move on. But if I see an "original" copy linked, it's a lot easier for me to trust and verify.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

That is a fair point on a personal level, but many people (myself included) appreciate a digested version of an official document and additional context for it provided by a journalistic article. Overall there is no reason to disbelief the detailed information provided in the article and assume that the reporter faked the document, unless someone wants to cast doubt on the unjustifiable treatment of trans people by the Trump government.