Religious groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy, alleging a law signed last year by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violates free speech. A complaint ...
The Supreme Court appeared receptive to a landmark challenge to a Colorado law banning "conversion therapy" for children questioning their sexuality or gender identity. More than half the states have ...
Imagine a conservative state bans therapists from talking to gay or transgender minors in a way that affirms their sexual orientation or gender identity. That would cross a line, right? Whatever ...
The Supreme Court will weigh in on conversion therapy bans after a licensed family counselor in Washington state challenged the state's ban as a violation of free speech and religious rights. The ...
The Supreme Court this week questioned whether conversion therapy — a practice that has been denounced by major medical organizations — actually causes harm to minors. The justices heard oral ...
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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 ...
Equating conversion therapy with “torture,” 19 LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ-affirming organizations in Michigan have issued a statement in response to a federal complaint filed in Michigan Western District on ...
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 ...
Tens of thousands of LGBTQ youth currently between the ages of 13 and 17 will undergo gay "conversion therapy" from a licensed health care professional, religious adviser or spiritual leader before ...
Virginia is the first state in the South, and the 20th overall, to prohibit "conversion therapy," the debunked practice of trying to change a young person's sexual orientation or gender identity.