All posts tagged "therapists"
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Virginia House passes bill banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors
Virginia House passes bill banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors
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Equality Virginia urges supporters to express support for regulations banning conversion therapy
Equality Virginia, the commonwealth’s top LGBTQ organization, is urging its supporters to take some time to get in some last-minute comments on proposed professional regulations...
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Federal judge says Tampa’s conversion therapy ban violates free speech rights
Rationale for partial injunction could be used to challenge or curtail other broad-based bans on conversion therapy
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Bethlehem City Council approves ban on conversion therapy
The Bethlehem City Council has taken a second vote to approve a ban on conversion therapy, making the city the eighth jurisdiction in Pennsylvania to...
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Maine governor issues first-ever veto of a conversion therapy bill
Democratic-led State House of Representatives failed to sway enough Republicans to override veto
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Massachusetts House passes ban on youth conversion therapy
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed a bill prohibiting therapists and counselors from subjecting LGBTQ youth to attempts to change their sexual orientation or...
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New Hampshire Senate votes to ban conversion therapy
The New Hampshire State Senate has passed a bill that would ban therapy attempting to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors who...
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Washington State Senate votes to ban conversion therapy
The Washington State Senate voted 32-16 to ban license therapists from subjecting LGBTQ-identifying youth to conversion therapy designed to change their sexual orientation and gender...
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Congressional Democrats introduce measure to ban conversion therapy
Congressional Democrats have introduced a bill that would effectively ban conversion therapy by classifying it as a form of consumer fraud. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu...
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Tennessee plans to beef up its anti-gay counselor exemption bill
Not content to have passed an anti-LGBT law last year, Tennessee lawmakers are trying to add additional teeth to the measure to ensure it’s as...
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Study that claimed no one is born LGBT was “a political act, not an academic act”
A highly-cited study finding no genetic link to LGBT identity may be politically motivated
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New online poll finds Tennesseans divided over therapist exemption bill
A new poll shows Volunteer State residents are more closely divided than previously thought over a new Tennessee law that allows mental health counselors and...
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Second convention pulls out of Nashville over anti-LGBT law
Centers for Spiritual Living says therapist exemption bill violates its principles of equality for all
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ACA pulls 2017 national conference over Tennessee counseling exemption bill
The largest counseling association in the world has announced it has canceled its 2017 conference scheduled for Nashville in response to Tennessee’s recently passed counseling...
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Tennessee governor signs therapist exemption bill into law
In a victory for religious conservatives, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) signed into law a bill that allows licensed counselors and therapists to refuse to...
