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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...

Lakewood City Council Passes Legislation to Ban Conversion Therapy

Lakewood, Ohio’s city council passed a measure that protects LGBTQ youth from “conversion therapy,” reported the Human Rights Campaign. Ward 4 Councilman Dan O’Malley proposed the ordinance which would crimi...

Analysis: Why Did Mass. Legislature Fail to Outlaw Conversion Therapy?

LGBTQ advocates were hopeful when, in June, the Massachusetts House passed a bill to ban conversion therapy by an overwhelming majority of 137 to 14. Later, in July, Delaware became the fifteenth state to insta...

Global Backlash Against Conversion “Therapy” Continues

It was not until relatively recently that LGBTQ identities were declassified as mental illnesses. In 1992, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that “sexual orientation by itself is not to be classified...

Delaware becomes fifteenth state to ban youth conversion “therapy.”

The state of Delaware is joining a progressive club. The governor of Delaware, Democrat Jay Carney, signed a brand-new statute on Monday. The recently-passed law, Senate Bill 65, bans the practice of the ...

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