SOCEとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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SOCE pl (複数形 only)

1. Initialism of sexual orientation change efforts.
   • 2013, John Fletcher, Preaching to Convert: Evangelical Outreach and Performance Activism in a Secular Age, University of Michigan Press (→ISBN), page 263:

     The suggestion that evangelical “ex-gay” ministries like Exodus have anything to do with health or happiness invites ... and secular LGBT-affirmative groups often characterize SOCE as a ploy of the political right to grant anti-gay agendas a ...

   • 2014, Martin Kantor MD, Why a Gay Person Can't Be Made Un-Gay: The Truth About Reparative Therapies, ABC-CLIO (→ISBN)

     They apply to semiprofessional and professional practitioners who call themselves variously reparative therapists, SOCE (“sexual orientation change efforts”) therapists, ex-gay therapists, or conversion therapists, all who have one thing in ...

   • 2018, Chuck Stewart, Documents of the LGBT Movement, ABC-CLIO (→ISBN)

     However, therapists were hearing more and more horror stories about SOCE therapy from their clients.