Transgender people who undergo the widely discredited practice of gender conversion therapy are more likely to attempt suicide, research has revealed. The approach has no scientific basis but is sold ...

The organization told gay and bi men to strip naked, call each other anti-gay slurs, and cuddle with older men to receive “Golden Father Energy.” The jury said that’s not therapy. An appeals court in ...

People identifying as LGBTQ+ who have undergone conversion practice—commonly known as conversion therapy—are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study published in The Lancet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MADISON - In a ruling that gave the governor more power over how state laws are enacted, the Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the ...

OLYMPIA — Five years ago, Lynnwood lawmaker Marko Liias began an effort in the Legislature to stop licensed therapists from trying to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. His ...

Conversion therapy puts LGBTQ youth at higher risk of suicide, studies have found. Curtis Lopez-Galloway was 16 when he told his parents he was gay. And while he didn’t exactly expect them to throw ...

As states across the country consider legislation that would protect LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy, the ineffective and dangerous practice that seeks to turn LGBTQ people straight or alter their ...

While acceptance of LGBTQ individuals has been growing rapidly in the last decade, there are still subsets of people who abhor any orientation other than heterosexual. Coming out is never an easy ...

The founders of a Jersey City-based gay conversion therapy firm reneged on a 2015 settlement agreement to never again engage in the discredited practices and must pay $3.5 million, a New Jersey ...

When medical and psychological professional associations issue a finding or pass a resolution, it naturally commands respect and attention. That's why the country notices when the American Medical ...