All posts tagged "Conversion Therapy"

The Department of Justice admitted Tuesday that the Trump administration "has significant interest" in the conversion therapy Supreme Court fight as oral arguments started.

The high court is hearing its first major case in the new term since returning from break in Chiles v. Salazar, a case concerning a Colorado state law that bans conversion therapy for minors, The Washington Post reported.

In court filings, the Justice Department wrote that the administration “has significant interest in this case” and “has a substantial interest in protecting citizens’ constitutional rights of free expression.” ...

A 21-year old gay woman is telling the story of the abuse she suffered as a result of the "conversion therapy" to which she had been subjected as a teenager, in a new book titled Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began.

With all the success the LGBT community has been experiencing with marriage equality throughout the U.S., the fact that gay conversion therapy still exists demonstrates how much more work there is to be done in our backward thinking country.

By Victoria Cavaliere