All posts tagged "conversion therapy"
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Log Cabin fundraising email: “I’m mad as hell” over RNC platform
Solicitation email calls RNC's recently adopted platform "the most anti-LGBT platform in the Party's 162-year history"
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GOP Platform Committee adopts language opposing LGBT rights
The Republican National Committee Platform Committee spent a good portion of Tuesday voting against any language referencing LGBT people and expressing opposition to LGBT rights, including same-sex...
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5 Former Ex-Gay Leaders Who Have Now Come Out
Five former ex-gay advocates who have turned their back on the horrific process
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Vermont legislature moving towards banning conversion therapy
The Vermont Senate put its stamp of approval on a measure that would ban licensed mental health practitioners from attempting to change a person’s sexual...
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Proposed bill in Colorado would ban conversion therapy
Colorado bills mirrors measures prohibiting attempts at sexual orientation change efforts that have passed in four states and the District of Columbia
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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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The Last Word: Rubio’s Gay Problem, Ex-Gay Therapy, Witty Stereotypes
People say the queerest things.
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New York governor bans insurance coverage for conversion therapy
Executive actions seen as a first step to banning sexual orientation change therapies
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Model legislation introduced for banning conversion therapy
Whether you call it cookie-cutter politics or a paint-by-numbers approach to legislating, proponents of ending sexual orientation change efforts are offering up model legislation aimed...
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Obama administration report calls for end to conversion therapy
Conversion therapy — also known as “ex-gay” therapy — is not an appropriate therapeutic approach to treating youth who experience feelings of same-sex attraction or...
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Illinois bans gay conversion therapy for minors
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, on Thursday signed into law a bill that bans the practice of conversion therapy on LGBT-identifying minors in the...
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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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N.J. lawsuit alleges conversion therapy violates consumer fraud laws
If a landmark lawsuit being heard this week in New Jersey is successful, it may set in motion a chain of events that would essentially...
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Illinois General Assembly passes conversion therapy ban
The Illinois State Senate on Friday voted to approve a measure banning licensed therapists from practicing sexual orientation change efforts, or conversion therapy, on minors....
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Lieu bill would classify gay conversion therapy as “fraud”
Amid an increase in public support for banning the practice conversion therapy on minors, and news this week that Oregon has become the third state...
