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Garrard Conley (born 1984 or 1985 [1]) is an American author and LGBTQ activist known for his autobiography Boy Erased: A Memoir, recounting his childhood as part of a fundamentalist family in Arkansas that enrolled him in conversion therapy.
High school students rally at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., urging lawmakers to protect LGBTQ Minnesotans and youth from the effects of conversion therapy, on March 21, 2019.
Founded in 1976, Exodus International originally asserted that conversion therapy, the reorientation of same-sex attraction, was possible. [3] In 2006, Exodus International had over 250 local ministries in the United States and Canada and over 150 ministries in 17 other countries. [ 4 ]
In June 2020, the Wisconsin GOP party blocked a regulation to ban conversion therapy on minors state-wide. [69] In September 2020, West Allis by a vote of 6-3 passed an ordinance banning conversion therapy on minors. [70] In October 2020, by a vote of 14-1 Kenosha passed an ordinance that banned conversion therapy on minors. Violators can be ...
Alex Cooper, a Mormon 15-year-old, comes out as a lesbian to her parents and tells them she is in love with a girl named Yvette. They throw her out of the house. After Alex stays with a sympathetic neighbor for a while, she is then taken by her parents to a conversion therapy program in Utah run by Johnny and Tiana Siale (who are good friends with Alex's grandparents whom Alex's parents stated ...
Ferguson v. JONAH, New Jersey Superior Court No. L-5473-12 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. 2015) is a landmark LGBT civil rights case in which a New Jersey jury unanimously determined that conversion therapy, also called "reparative therapy," "reorientation therapy," or "ex-gay therapy" constituted consumer fraud.
This category is for organizations promoting conversion therapy, the practice of attempted sexual orientation change. Pages in category "Conversion therapy organizations" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Conversion therapy in the community is ineffective, causes suicide and is even traumatizing for LGBT individuals. [111] In August 2020, the Michigan City of Royal Oak also passed an ordinance that banned conversion therapy on minors - explicitly with up to 90 days jail or imprisonment and a $500 fine.