Delray latest city to consider ban on gay conversion therapy according to : cbs

The ban on so-called gay conversion therapy will have to pass a second reading in order to get on the books. If city commissioners approve the ordinance, Delray would be the fifth city in Palm Beach County to enact such a prohibition. On Tuesday night, leaders in Delray Beach passed on first reading an ordinance banning conversion therapy for minors. Now the group is fighting conversion therapy-- that is, using counseling to alter one's sexually orientation, or at least behavior. "We've got people here in Palm Beach County, in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, who actually have been through conversion therapy, and the stories are horrible," said Hoch.




DELRAY BEACH — City leaders took the first step in banning doctors from practicing gay conversion therapy on minors. It doesn't bar religious organizations, such as churches, from practicing conversion therapy however, Lohman said. The Human Rights Council has been on a mission to ban the practice in the largest cities in Palm Beach County, Hoch said. Federal health privacy laws, under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, make it difficult to find out if practitioners are doing conversion therapy, he said. Should Delray Beach approve a final reading of the ordinance, it would join several other cities and states in banning the practice, including Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and Boynton Beach.

Republican lawmakers want clarification to Nevada conversion therapy bill – Las Vegas Review-Journal

(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphotoCARSON CITY — A bill that would ban conversion therapy on minors could inadvertently cut those youth off from trusted mentors, a trio of Republican lawmakers said Wednesday. Senate Bill 201, sponsored by Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, would ban mental health professionals from conducting sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy on minors. Six states and Washington D.C. have enacted conversion therapy bans in recent years, with New Mexico passing its legislation this month. Harris, Hardy and Hammond voted against the bill on the Senate floor and again opposed the bill Wednesday because, they said, they condemn the practice of conversion therapy but clearer language is needed in the law. Hardy called conversion therapy "reprehensible," and Harris said the Legislature "should take steps to root it out wherever it's found."Conversion therapy practices has been denounced by major medical groups and critics say it often leads to anxiety, depression, substance abuse and suicide among LGBTQ young people exposed to it.


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