Douglas Edwards :neurodiv:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> As an American I am not eligible to sign this European petition to ban (anti)gay <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ConversionTherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConversionTherapy</span></a> — but if you are, please do! Autistics: please recall that the inventor of this criminal practice, Ivar Lovaas, is THE SAME PERSON who invented <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ABA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABA</span></a>, the equally criminal scourge of our community. Also recall that autistics are much more likely to be <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ than are neurotypicals, and that gays are a lightning rod for prejudices of many kinds. Even if you personally are cishet (as I am), the enemies of <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ are your enemies too.</p><p>The petition is reportedly now within 20,000 votes of the 1,000,000 needed to require the European Commission to consider the ban, but voting ends in less than 48 hours. Please help this important proposal to make it over the top!</p><p><a href="https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/</span><span class="invisible">screen/home</span></a></p>