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Nebraska trans youth can access gender-affirming care, but only after invalidating therapy

Minors in Nebraska will be able to access gender-affirming care, but only after attending 40 hours of therapy that could push back on their identity.

LGBTQ+ youth of color predict shorter lives than their white peers: report

While the majority of LGBTQ+ youth expect to live to age 35, a new report from the Trevor Project reveals alarming similarities among those who don't.

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Utah Governor Signs Conversion Therapy Ban Into Law

The legislative ban on conversion therapy for minors strengthens a ban enacted by a licensing board.

The Women's March Was Therapy

We may not have passed a bill this weekend, but the marches had an intangible benefit for nearly all involved.

I Survived Conversion Therapy

Amanda Loucks takes us through her harrowing journey. 

Ending Conversion Therapy in Paradise

Tireless equality advocate Michael Golojuch Jr. details the Herculean effort to ban so-called ex-gay therapy in a state that many forget is the home of evangelicals and Mormons.

Will Hawaii Ban Conversion Therapy?

A new bill seeks to put an end to the controversial practice in the Aloha State.

Kern Coulter on Conversion Therapy

Two right-wing takes on praying the gay away: Oklahoma legislator Sally Kern (pictured, right) thinks it's hateful to say gays can't change, while Ann Coulter (left) says it might work for those "weren't really gay" but "were molested as children."

Conversion Therapy Ban to Be Introduced in U.K.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will include the proposal in King Charles III's speech to the nation next month.

U.K. Will Introduce Ban on Conversion Therapy

The new legislation will include treatment directed at trans people, reversing last year's announcement that this would be excluded.

Ireland Seeks to Ban Conversion Therapy

Irish Equality Minister Roderic O'Gorman is committed to having the practice banned by 2024.

Germany Considers Conversion Therapy Ban

The proposal would ban use of the discredited practice on minors and allow it for adults only under certain circumstances.

Can't Be Converted: Trauma as Therapy in Virginia

Mathew Shurka was told he was gay because of childhood trauma -- and had to "reenact" it whether it was real or not. 

Banning Conversion Therapy Will Save Lives

Conversion therapy denies people their identity, and that's why it must end, writes transgender musician Ryan Cassata.

Seattle Bans Conversion Therapy for Minors

The Emerald City becomes the 10th jurisdiction to make such a move.

Conversion Therapy Ban Introduced in Senate

The proposed legislation would go even further than California's ban on so-called ex-gay therapy does.

I Survived Conversion Therapy, But Not Without Scars

While 'ex-gay' therapy gets the headlines, this attorney reminds us that conversion therapy is used to demoralize and abuse transgender youth too. 

Groundbreaking Lawsuit Challenges ExGay Therapy

The Southern Poverty Law Center accuses a New Jersey 'conversion therapy' practice of fraud and deception.