Search results for "conversion therapy"
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D.C. Bans Gay Conversion Therapy for Minors
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit the use on minors of conversion or “reparative” therapy, or other “sexual orientation...
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California On Verge of Banning Gay Conversion Therapy
California lawmakers took another step toward banning conversion and reparative therapy that targets LGBT children and teenagers on Tuesday. The state Assembly, which is controlled...
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NPR defends gay ‘conversion therapy’ report: Hundreds of angry responses offered ‘context’ [video]
Last week, Alix Spiegel, a reporter for NPR, aired a 9-minute piece about beliefs that “therapists” can change gay men and lesbians into heterosexuals. Spiegel’s Morning...
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Nebraska to Require Trans Youth to Undergo Therapy
New regulations from Nebraska's health department require transgender youth to undergo 18 weeks of therapy before pursuing transition.
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Gay Man Claims Mental Health Platform Linked Him to Conversion Therapist
A young gay man who sought out an affirming therapist was linked to a practitioner he claims was trying to subject him to “talk” conversion...
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Judge rules in favor of Ohio transgender boy seeking hormone therapy over parents’ objections
Ruling sets forth certain strict conditions that must be met before teen can receive hormones
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Ohio transgender teen fighting parents in court over right to therapy
Teenager's parents want him to receive "Christian-based" therapy that does not affirm his gender identity
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Perversion Therapy at Flashpoint is a celebration of queer bliss and domestic deviance
It's a direct response to the anti-LGBT history and attitudes espoused by the president-elect and members of his cabinet
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Alan Chambers on banning ex-gay therapy, Capital Pride, and making amends
Buried within this weekend's Capital Pride Parade is a man who once led the "ex-gay" therapy movement. He has come to apologize.
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LGBT groups file consumer fraud complaint against conversion therapists
A coalition of LGBT groups has filed a historic federal consumer fraud complaint against a Virginia-based organization that claims that its therapists and counselors can...
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Jury rules against conversion therapists in landmark N.J. case
A jury in a landmark trial in New Jersey ruled on Thursday that a “conversion therapy” program that purported to be able to change clients...
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Washington Republicans: Shock therapy bad, talk therapy good for ex-gay treatment
Washington State Republicans this week failed to strip verbal counselling, or talk therapy, from a bill which seeks to ban aversion therapy — also known as...
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Hope Bill Targets Conversion Therapies
Amid the controversy surrounding a billboard in the Richmond area that claims that “nobody is born gay,” as well as the District of Columbia’s historic...
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Chinese court rules against electroshock therapy to “cure” homosexuality
“I’m going to take this verdict and show it to my parents so they can see a Chinese court said homosexuality isn’t a mental illness.”...
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Federal judge dismisses challenge to New Jersey “ex-gay therapy” ban
A challenge to New Jersey’s law prohibiting “ex-gay therapy” for minors was dismissed by a federal judge Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge Freda Wolfson dismissed...
