Search results for "conversion therapy"
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Evangelism as Therapy
Encountering the Family Research Council’s Peter Sprigg in the D.C. Council Chambers on June 27 took me back five years to our battles over the...
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D.C. Council Mulls Reparative Therapy Ban
Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) presided over a nearly five-hour hearing on Friday where she listened to testimony for and against a bill pending before...
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Texas GOP’s endorsement of ‘ex-gay therapy’ reflects party’s LGBT divide
Texas GOP's endorsement of 'ex-gay therapy' reflects party's LGBT divide
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Chris Christie signs into law New Jersey ban on ‘ex-gay’ therapy
New Jersey became the second state in the nation to prohibit “ex-gay” conversion therapy for gay youth Monday after Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed the...
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Congresswoman Introduces Resolution Against “Ex-Gay” Therapy
Following a series of challenges to “ex-gay” reparative therapy practices across the country, Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier (Calif.) introduced a resolution this morning urging Congress...
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Lawsuit Claiming Fraud Filed Against Conversion Therapists in New Jersey
The fight against “ex-gay” conversion therapy continued in New Jersey today, where former patients of a group that promised to convert people from gay to...
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Complaint Filed Against Illinois Social Worker’s “Ex-Gay” Therapy
Emboldened by California’s historic ban on “ex-gay” therapy for LGBT youth, activists are continuing their fight against practices they say equate to child abuse. The...
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California Outlaws “Ex-Gay” Therapy for LGBT Youth
California became the first state in the nation to officially outlaw gay “conversion” and “reparative” therapy for minors after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the...
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N.J. Marriage Equality Opponents, Others Champion Ex-Gay Therapy Despite APA Opposition
During the Feb. 2 New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the state marriage equality bill, Greg Quinlan president of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays...
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NPR disappoints listeners by airing claim that ‘ex-gay’ therapy works
On August 1, NPR’s Morning Edition aired a story that sought to portray “two sides” of a debate surrounding gay-to-straight “conversion therapy.” NPR says it was...
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Minister who promotes ex-gay conversions caught on “vacation” with gay male escort?
”I had surgery, and I can’t lift luggage. That’s why I hired him.” George Alan Rekers as quoted by the Miami New Times which describes...
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A Teenager Wrestles Temptation in Gay Thriller ‘Ganymede’
A high school athlete is beset by secret crushes and anti-gay hysteria in the conversion therapy thriller "Ganymede."
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Mike Johnson Once Worked with Notorious ‘Ex-Gay’ Org Exodus
Prior to serving in Congress, Mike Johnson partnered with "ex-gay" group Exodus International, which promoted conversion therapy.
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Arizona’s Katie Hobbs Signs Pro-LGBTQ Executive Orders
The Arizona governor signed executive orders to limit conversion therapy and cover medically necessary care for transgender state employees.
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Biden Issues Executive Order Pushing Back on Anti-LGBTQ Laws
President Biden has issued an executive order to counter state laws attacking LGBTQ youth and cut off federal funding for conversion therapy.
