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Draft of Texas Republican Party platform endorses ‘gay cure’ therapy
The first draft of the Texas Republican Party platform finds some changes to the party’s position on homosexuality with the removal of some anti-gay language, and the addition of a new statement supporting “gay cure” therapies.
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Bill to ban conversion therapy on gay youth fails in Ill. state House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill that would prohibit conversion therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay youth failed Thursday in the Illinois state House.
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‘Newsweek’ owner endorses ‘ex-gay therapy,’ thinks gays can be ‘cured’
A profile in The Guardian takes a look at the new owners of the iconic newsmagazine, Newsweek, and how IBT Media co-founder Johnathan Davis believes that gay people can be cured through “gay-to-straight” reparative (on conversion) theraly.
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NY appeals court upholds $1.6 million judgement awarded to lesbian chef
NEW YORK — The owner of a Mexican restaurant in Tribeca who warned his staff weekly about the eternal damnation awaiting “gay people” owes a lesbian chef $1.6 million, a New York appeals court ruled.
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Bill that would ban conversion therapy for gay youth advances in Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill that would prohibit conversion therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay youth is advancing in the Illinois Legislature.
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Md. lawmaker withdraws bill to prohibit conversion therapy on LGBT youth
ANNAPOLIS — A bill that would have banned mental health professionals in Maryland from engaging in efforts to change a youth’s sexual orientation or gender identity has been withdrawn.
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Illinois lawmaker introduces bill to ban conversion therapy on LGBT youth
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill that would prohibit the use of controversial gay-to-straight conversion therapy on LGBT youth, has been introduced in the Illinois state legislature.
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Bill to prohibit conversion therapy on LGBT youth passes Washington House
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House on Thursday approved a bill aimed at prohibiting health care providers from performing controversial gay-to-straight conversion therapy on LGBT youth.
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Calif. conversion therapy ban put on hold pending Supreme Court review
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, the controversial practice that aims to turn gay youths straight, will remain on hold while opponents of the ban ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn it.
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Va. House panel kills bill banning conversion therapy for LGBT youth
RICHMOND — A Virginia House of Delegates committee killed off proposed legislation Thursday that would have banned controversial gay-to-straight conversion therapy for LGBT youth.