All posts tagged "conversion therapy"
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Toledo City Council bans conversion therapy
On Tuesday, the Toledo City Council unanimously approved a ban on conversion therapy and made gender identity a protected class under the city’s nondiscrimination laws....
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Betsy DeVos: “I have never believed in” conversion therapy
Betsy DeVos, President-elect Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. Secretary of Education, defended her record on education and equality in an often contentious hearing before...
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Trump taps billionaire GOP donor Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
Trump Cabinet and Adviser Threat Gauge Name: Betsy DeVos Position: Secretary of Education LGBT record: Personally donated to Focus on the Family, an organization opposing LGBT rights and pushing the...
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Hillary Clinton woos LGBT voters during Florida campaign stop
During a campaign rally in Wilton Manors, Fla., where she admitted she was “preaching to the choir,” Hillary Clinton tried to stir up her most loyal...
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Sally Kohn: GOP using gay rights to bash Muslims
CNN commentator notes that the GOP's own party platform wouldn't pass Trump's ideological test for immigrants
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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...
