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Mayor of Atlanta Solidifies Opposition to Conversion Therapy

Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms has introduced a legislation opposing conversion therapy in the city and calling on the rest of the state to follow suit.This resolution, which was passed unanimously b...

Google Removes Controversial Conversion Therapy App

After pressure from the public, Google has removed an app that promotes “gay conversion” therapy from its app store, according to Axios.The app from Living Hope Ministries had already been removed from the ...

Google Resists Pressure to Remove Conversion Therapy App from Google Play Store

Google has so far resisted pressure to remove an LGBTQ “conversion therapy” app that has been banned by Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, according to Axios.The app, made by Living Hope Ministries (LHM), aims t...

Bill Banning Conversion Therapy is Filed in Georgia Assembly

Georgia State Representative Matthew Wilson has co-sponsored legislation that would ban anti-gay conversion therapy.HB 580, otherwise known as the Youth Mental Health Protection Act, seeks to ban “any pract...

Bill to Ban Physical Conversion Therapy Treatments for Minors Killed in Va. Senate

A bill in the Virginia Senate that would have banned physical treatments in so-called conversion therapy for minors was effectively killed on Tuesday when it was sent back to the Education and Health Committee....

NYC Sued by Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group for Conversion Therapy Ban

Anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is suing New York City for their law banning gay conversion therapy, reported PinkNews.The New York City Council passed legislation back in 2017 outlaw...

Washington, D.C. is First U.S. Territory to Ban Conversion Therapy Among Adults

Washington, D.C. has become the first U.S. territory to outlaw gay conversion therapy among adults with legal guardians, reported Gay Times.While several states have imposed bans of the dangerous practice, ...

Cuomo Signs LGBT Bills Banning Conversion Therapy, Anti-Transgender Discrimination

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday two LGBT bills, one banning widely discredited “ex-gay” conversion therapy for youth, the banning anti-transgender discrimination.The governor penned his...

Former Director of Conversion Therapy Organization Says The Practice is Dangerous and Ineffective

John Smid worked as the executive director of Love in Action (now called Restoration Path), a Christian organization specializing in ex-gay conversion therapy, for 22 years. Now, Smid says that ex-gay therapy i...

Anti-LGBTQ Past of Potential 2020 Presidential Nominee Tulsi Gabbard Revealed

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard announced in an interview with CNN that she was throwing her hat into the ring for the 2020 presidency. However, CNN revealed that she has an anti-LGBTQ past.Gabbard worked for her fa...

Christian Conversion Therapy App is Pulled From Apple App Store

Apple pulled an app that promotes conversion therapy after a petition launched my Truth Wins Out, reported NBC News.The LGBTQ rights group launched the petition against an app made by Living Hope Ministries...

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