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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 ...

Maine Governor vetoes conversion therapy ban

The Republican Governor of the state of Maine, Paul LePage, has used the veto pen on a piece of legislation. And the result? Well, let's just say, it's not pretty. Maine was all set to join a number of progr...

“Ex-gay” activists hold little-attended rally

There was a demonstration in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 5. The intent of the "Freedom March" was to exhibit fundamentalist Christian doctrine, and to argue for the idea that religious belief could swe...