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Thousands of people are seeking help after being forced into ‘ex-gay therapy’
An estimated 698,000 Americans have undergone conversion therapy – and now they’re looking for actual answers.
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Missouri State University pays former student $25k for being homophobic
They agreed to pay $25,000 to a former student who sued after he was removed from a master’s degree program for refusing to work with gay couples.
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Jack Daniels and Country Music Television team up to defeat ‘hate bill’
200 Tennessee companies are aligning against proposals they fear would encourage discrimination.
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Arkansas professional board okays discrimination against LGBT clients
The rule will allow counselors and therapists to refer a patient to someone else over sincerely held “ethical, moral or religious principles.”
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Arkansas legislature okays bill to allow therapists to discriminate
The bill would give therapists special exemptions from existing civil rights laws and allow them to discriminate against LGBT people.
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Tennessee’s new anti-LGBTQ law just cost it over $5 million
The American Counseling Association will meet in the “inclusive and inviting city” of San Francisco instead of Nashville.
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Counseling group cancels conference to target Tennessee law
The American Counseling Association wants to put other states on notice that new LGBT laws can carry consequences.
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Tennessee governor signs religious exemptions into law
The new law allows mental health counselors to refuse to treat patients based on the therapist’s religious or personal beliefs.
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Bill to let therapists deny services to LGBTQ people on the way to governor
The American Counseling Association called the measure an “unprecedented attack” on its profession.