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LGBT youth, discrimination, hate crimes laws getting lawmakers’ attention in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At the end of a year dominated by coverage and conversations about marriage equality, it’s other longstanding issues for LGBT people that are getting the most attention in Ohio.
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Federal judge upholds N.J. ban on gay conversion therapy
NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge on Friday upheld a New Jersey law barring therapists from trying to turn gay youth straight.
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Parents sue N.J. over law banning gay conversion therapy on minors
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey’s law banning so-called gay conversion therapy is facing another court challenge, this time from a couple who claim their constitutional rights are being violated because the law prevents them from seeking treatment for their 15-year-old son.
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Second ex-gay group challenges Va. colleges over lack of ex-gay resources
RICHMOND, Va. — Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) is asking the Virginia legislature to stop funding “gay-transvestite centers at Virginia’s public universities,” claiming state funds are being used to “indocronate” youth into changing their faith.
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British lawmaker to introduce bill to ban conversion therapy in the U.K.
LONDON — A British parliamentarian from Wales has announced plans to introduce legislation that would ban licensed therapists from performing controversial gay-to-straight reparative therapy in the United Kingdom.
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Christian group files suit seeking removal of pro-gay ads from London buses
LONDON — An anti-gay Christian group which advocates for gay-to-straight conversion therapy has lodged a legal challenge against a London transportation company for displaying advertisements that read “Some People Are Gay, Get Over It!”
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‘Ex-gay’ therapy advocates threaten Va. colleges over lack of resources
RICHMOND, Va. — The “ex-gay” group, Voice of the Voiceless, is urging LGBTQ resource centers at universities in Virginia to provide ex-gay therapy and resources on changing sexual orientation. The group sent a letter to all Virginia state colleges late last month threatening legal action, saying current resources discriminate against their faith by not providing […]
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Ohio lawmaker introduces bill to ban conversion therapy on minors
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Psychologists, therapists and other professionals would be banned from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of Ohio children under a proposal from three state senators.
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Pa. lawmakers to introduce bipartisan bill to ban coversion therapy on minors
PHILADELPHIA — Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers announced Tuesday they will introduce a bipartisan bill in the state House of Representatives that would ban mental health providers from engaging in controversial gay-to-straight “conversion therapy” on minors.
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Federal appeals court upholds Calif. ban on gay-to-straight conversion therapy
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the nation’s first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight.