ABC News : reported that Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to ban conversion therapy nationwide

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton also tweeted out her support for the conversion therapy ban, calling it "child abuse by another name." Conversion therapy for minors now illegal in 7 states. The treatment, which is often referred to as conversion therapy, has received lots of criticism from LGBTQ rights groups and mental and medical health organizations. The bill, which was introduced on April 25, isn't the first attempt Democratic lawmakers have made to try and ban the idea that members of the LGBTQ community need treatment for their sexual orientation. ABC News reports that advocates of the conversion therapy plan were heartened by the election of Donald Trump and hope Republicans fight off efforts to make such treatment illegal.

Can conversion therapy get a fair hearing in mainstream press? Short answer

So, if conversion therapy is outlawed, where does that leave religious counselors? Chris Christie as either opposing conversion therapy or equivocating on it. About 70 other members of Congress, all Democrats, have said they support the bill, which would allow the Federal Trade Commission to classify conversion therapy and its practitioners as fraudulent. Will there still be therapists doing reparative therapy underground? It wasn't that long ago that people who wished not to be gay were involved in "conversion therapy" or "reparative therapy." Not everyone welcomed same-sex attraction and those who didn't found therapists who tried to help them.

Bill Nye bashes gay conversion therapy with ice cream

Bill Nye the Science Guy explained the sexuality spectrum and slams the use of gay conversion therapy using ice cream cones on his Netflix series, "Bill Nye Saves the World."In an animated short titled, "Ice Cream Sexuality," a vanilla ice cream cone invites the other flavors to ice cream conversion therapy. Just on a scientific basis, ice cream does not have genitalia."Watch "Ice Cream Sexuality" below. It's the one true flavor," the ice cream cone tells the rest. Conservative media outlets took offense to the cartoon, including Megan Fox who wrote a column for PJ Media criticizing Nye. Eventually, the other flavors convince vanilla they don't have to change who they are and all the scoops dance together in a bowl.