The fate of conversion therapy bans in over 20 states could rest on how the high court rules on a free-speech challenge.
Besides being useless in altering a person's sexuality or gender identity, so-called "conversion therapy" or "conversion practice" can greatly raise the odds that an LGBT person experiences mental ...
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Two Lansing City Council members have asked the city attorney to draft a law that would ban the practice of conversion therapy within city limits. “Jim [Smiertka] said he has ...
The scientifically discredited practice of “conversion therapy” is still prevalent in several U.S. states to this day, and a new study found LGBTQ+ people who undergo the practice are more likely to ...
The attempt to rebrand conversion practices as “therapy” is just another example of the Trump administration ignoring best-practice medicine when it doesn’t fit its agenda. The U.S. Supreme Court has ...
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 ...
The Human Rights Campaign says, “[C]onversion therapy can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide.” Nonetheless, the practice remains legal in 19 states (its status is being ...
Conversion therapy ‒ the practice of attempting to alter someone's sexual orientation or gender identity through a variety of methods ‒ has long been debunked by scientists, doctors and survivors ...