8. The Aversion Project
During apartheid-era South Africa, military doctors forcibly subjected gay conscripts to hormone treatments, chemical castration, and electric shock therapy to “cure” homosexuality—a dark chapter in both psychological and medical history. Between 1971 and 1989, as many as 900 men underwent forced sex-change operations as part of this program. The Aversion Project has been widely condemned for its human rights violations. (en.wikipedia.org)