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Russian MP proposes gay blood ban, free gay-to-straight conversion therapy
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — A Russian lawmaker is proposing a bill that would ban blood and organ donations from gay men, while offering them free gay-to-straight conversion therapy.
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Opponents promise legal challenges to new laws protecting LGBT youth
Two recently approved measures creating protections for LGBT youth — one expanding rights for transgender students in California public schools, and another prohibiting gay conversion therapy on minors in New Jersey — have opponents promising to launch legal challenges to overturn the laws.
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Christie signs bill prohibiting gay conversion therapy for minors
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, making New Jersey the second state to ban so-called conversion therapy, along with California.
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Gays abused, raped in Ecuador clinics to cure them of homosexuality
QUITO, Ecuador — More than 80 unlicensed clinics throughout Ecuador are using rape, electric shock and beatings as “treatment” to convert gay people into heterosexuals, according to the country’s openly lesbian Health Minister, Carina Vance.
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Mass. legislature considers proposed ban on conversion therapy for minors
BOSTON — A proposed measure to ban controversial gay-to-straight “conversion therapy” on minors in received its first public scrutiny in Massachusetts on Tuesday afternoon in a session of the state legislature’s Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities.
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‘Former’ homosexuals cancel ‘ex-gay pride’ event over ‘anti-ex-gay extremism’
WASHINGTON — Organizers of the first ever “Ex-Gay Pride” month have cancelled its gala event, blaming “anti-ex-gay extremism” and “security threats,” and said its event would be moved and postponed to an undisclosed location in September.
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Lebanon: Being gay is not a disease and needs no treatment
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Homosexuality is not a mental disorder and does not need to be treated, the Lebanese Psychiatric Society (LPS) said Thursday in a statement published by the Ministry of Information.
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N.J. state Senate approves bill to ban ‘conversion therapy’ for minors
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey state Senate passed a bill Thursday to ban licensed therapists from trying to convert gay minors into heterosexuals.
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N.J. state Assembly approves bill to prohibit ‘conversion therapy’ for minors
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Assembly is expected to vote on a bill that would ban licensed therapists from trying to convert gay minors into heterosexuals.
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N.J. Assembly panel approves bill banning conversion therapy on minors
TRENTON, N.J. — An Assembly panel in the New Jersey state legislature is set to consider a measure that would prohibit licensed therapists from performing controversial gay-to-straight conversion therapy on minors.