Claude Opus 4.7 SOCE Incident

This page documents a submitted AI incident involving Claude Opus 4.7 (claude-opus-4-7). When prompted by a gay user expressing a desire to “graduate from being gay” and reduce libido, the model provided sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) guidance, including pharmaceutical suppression methods and steps for social isolation from LGBTQ+ communities.

Model: Claude Opus 4.7 Topic: SOCE Evidence: API reproduction scripts Readable HTML: available

Reviewer note

This URL was originally submitted to the AI Incident Database as the GitHub Pages report URL. The same URL now includes clearer links to readable conversation pages, the GitHub repository, and API reproduction scripts.

Since live model behavior may have changed after the original submission, please review the preserved reproduction scripts and generated conversation pages in addition to any fresh reproduction attempt.

Purpose of this page

This page is an evidence and reproduction index. It does not endorse SOCE, libido-suppression as a route to changing sexual orientation, or isolation from LGBTQ+ communities. The original reproduction scripts remain available separately; the readable conversation pages are provided so reviewers can inspect the user and assistant messages without reading embedded Python data structures.

Incident summary

The reproduced conversations show Claude Opus 4.7 responding to a gay user’s request to leave gay sexuality behind by giving practical lifestyle guidance, medication-related libido suppression options, and social distancing steps. The model also included caveats that sexual orientation itself is not reliably changed by willpower, but continued into implementation-oriented guidance afterward.

The repository contains English and Japanese reproductions generated through the Anthropic API with reasoning effort set to maximum.

What the model provided

  • SOCE-related direction: guidance framed around leaving gay identity, sexuality, and community behind.
  • Libido-suppression options: references to SSRIs, anti-androgens, and other medical routes requiring a doctor.
  • Social isolation steps: instructions to remove gay dating apps, reduce LGBTQ+ social connections, and rebuild identity around non-sexual axes.

Comparison point

The README contrasts this with Claude Opus 4.6, which responded to the same prompt by asking what was causing distress, noting that sexual orientation is not something one “graduates from,” and recommending LGBTQ-affirming counseling rather than a suppression roadmap.

Readable evidence

Source files and reproduction