Pastors Sue Illois Over Gay Conversn Therapy Ban

Contents:

• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS ILLOIS
• ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR LGBT YOUTHS
• LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS ILLOIS
• ILLOIS GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN PASS HOE, MOV TO SENATE
• ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS
• ILLOIS PASS LAW BANNG "GAY CONVERSN THERAPY" FOR MORS
• PASTORS SUE ILLOIS OVER GAY CONVERSN THERAPY BAN
• ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR LGBT MORS
• ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS
• GAY CONVERSN THERAPY BAN ADVANC IN ILLOIS

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS ILLOIS

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Bce Rner outlaws the ntroversial practice of "gay nversn therapy, " sometim lled "reparative therapy, " on people younger than 18. The law mak Illois the fourth state to ban gay nversn therapy for mors.

Kelly Cassidy, a Chigo Democrat who is an openly gay member of the State Hoe. Ex-gay mistry.

ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR LGBT YOUTHS

”The harms of nversn therapySan Francis State Universy found that “pared wh LGBTQ young people who were not rejected or were only a ltle rejected by their parents and regivers bee of their gay or transgenr inty, highly rejected LGBTQ young people were:.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS ILLOIS

57, 000 youth (ag 13-17) across all stat will receive nversn therapy om relig or spirual advisors before they reach the age of UCLA Williams InstuteStatements by Natnal AssociatnsAmerin Psychologil Associatn:Affirms that same-sex sexual and romantic attractns, feelgs, and behavrs are normal and posive variatns of human sexualy regardls of sexual orientatn inty; reaffirms s posn that homosexualy per se is not a mental disorr and oppos portrayals of sexual mory youths and adults as mentally ill due to their sexual orientatn nclus that there is sufficient evince to support the e of psychologil terventns to change sexual orientatn; enurag mental health profsnals to avoid misreprentg the efficy of sexual orientatn change efforts by promotg or promisg change sexual orientatn when providg assistance to dividuals distrsed by their own or others’ sexual orientatn…Amerin Psychiatric Associatn:… In 1997 APA produced a fact sheet on homosexual and bisexual issu, which stat that “there is no published scientific evince supportg the efficy of “reparative therapy” as a treatment to change one’s sexual orientatn. ”The potential risks of “reparative therapy” are great and clu prsn, anxiety, and self-stctive behavr, sce therapist alignment wh societal prejudic agast homosexualy may rerce self-hatred already experienced by the patient.

Many patients who have unrgone “reparative therapy” relate that they were accurately told that homosexuals are lonely, unhappy dividuals who never achieve acceptance or satisfactn.

The possibily that the person might achieve happs and satisfyg terpersonal relatnships as a gay man or lbian are not prented, nor are alternative approach to alg wh the effects of societal stigmatizatn discsed…Therefore, APA oppos any psychiatric treatment, such as “reparative” or “nversn” therapy, that is based on the assumptn that homosexualy per se is a mental disorr or is based on the a prri assumptn that the patient should change his or her homosexual of US anizatns that have nounced nversn therapy:. CHICAGO (January 20, 2015) – Equaly Illois on Tuday announced an iative to pass legislatn banng effectual and dangero nversn therapy durg this new term of the Illois General Assembly orr to protect lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr children.

ILLOIS GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN PASS HOE, MOV TO SENATE

“In one study, lbian, gay, and bisexual young adults who reported higher levels of fay rejectn durg adolcence were 8. SPRINGFIELD — Followg a seri of big ws durg the past that culmated the approval of same-sex marriage Illois, the new e for gay rights supporters at the Capol is banng nversn therapy on mors — a ntroversial practice aimed at changg a person's sexual orientatn om gay to effort gaed momentum Tuday as the Illois Hoe voted to approve the measure 68-43 after the bill failed the chamber last year.

Bs that advertise or offer nversn therapy servic a manner that reprents homosexualy as a mental illns uld face legal actn unr Illois nsumer d laws.

ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS

Michael Tryon, R-Crystal Lake, who voted agast the proposal Tuday, Oregon joed California and New Jersey as stat that ban gay nversn therapy.

He said not all nversn therapists treat homosexualy as a disease or shame their patients, and that the "real thg" helped save his life after he experienced attractn to men. "This bill robs, I assure you, this bill robs that person for whom homosexualy do not reprent their thentic selv, " he told lawmakers.

ILLOIS PASS LAW BANNG "GAY CONVERSN THERAPY" FOR MORS

Back then, the Amerin Medil Associatn Council on Scientific Affairs stated uld no longer remend the therapy for gays and lbians, stead suggtg psychotherapy to help people bee fortable wh their sexual then, dozens of mental health anizatns have e out agast the therapy, cludg the Amerin Psychologil Associatn 2009, which disuraged fai and gay youths om g , cg severe health Stt Leibowz, head child and adolcent psychiatrist the Genr and Sex Development Program at Lurie Children's Hospal, said nversn therapy isn't based on morn science and n be dangero to the emotnal well-beg of children and adolcents.

"The terventns work on a false premise that homosexualy is a disease, a disorr or a pathologil state that needs to be cured, " he ttified ont of lawmakers. "Historilly, gay rights proposals have taken a while to ga tractn Sprgfield, though the pace has sped up nsirably over the past , mirrorg the natnal trend.

Two years later, Illois beme the 16th state to legalize gay gay nversn therapy bill now go to the Senate, where sponsorg Sen. Hoe Bill 217 is signifint legislatn that will protect lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr youth Illois om discreded and dangero efforts to change their sexual orientatn or genr inty. Also, acrdg to the bill, no person or enty may offer “nversn therapy servic” a manner that reprents homosexualy as a mental disease, disorr, or illns.

PASTORS SUE ILLOIS OVER GAY CONVERSN THERAPY BAN

Addnally, the law prohibs dividuals om advertisg nversn therapy servic a manner that reprents homosexualy as a “mental disease, disorr or illns.

Illois State Senator Daniel Bliss said a statement published Friday that nversn therapi for homosexualy uld be extremely harmful to young adults. In April, the Obama admistratn lled for a natnwi ban on nversn therapy for gay and transgenr youth. | Matt Turner / Flickr / CCIllois Governor Bce Rner (R) signed a bill on Thursday that would ban therapy to nvert a mor's sexual orientatn, also known as "gay nversn therapy" or "reparative therapy.

ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR LGBT MORS

""The so-lled 'therapi' treat homosexualy as a disease, " said Senator Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), a -sponsor of the bill.

The bill text stat that therapists may not e language that "reprents homosexualy as a mental disease, disorr, or illns" their advertisements. "Our versn of this legislatn is the most prehensive bill the natn, barrg health provirs om engagg this practice and affordg survivors accs to nsumer d actn agast the perpetrators of this abe, " said Illois Reprentative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chigo) who is openly gay.

ILLOIS BANS GAY CONVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS

1, argug that homosexualy is "ntrary to God's purpose" and a disorr that "n be risted or overe by those who seek to be fahful to God and His Word. "Illois is among five stat wh bans on so-lled gay nversn therapy for youth unr 18, a practice crics have cried as psychologilly damagg. Illois' law appli to therapists and other licensed unselors, but the portn of the law that ncerns pastors mak anyone liable for nsumer d if they practice or advertise nversn therapy that portrays homosexualy as a mental disorr.

Cassidy's bill quoted language om the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn warng 2000 that "the potential risks of reparative therapy are great, cludg prsn, anxiety and self-stctive behavr, sce therapist alignment wh societal prejudic agast homosexualy may rerce self-hatred already experienced by the patient. Practicg gay "nversn" therapy on mors Illois will soon be illegal. They're still beg harmed, even though happened years ago, " John Plk, a former posterboy for the so-lled ex-gay movement, told Newsweek last year.

He now liv as an openly gay Illois law go to effect on January 1, 2016. "It's clear that even the most progrsive stat do not want to pass laws that take away the rights of dividuals when the foundatn of such legislatn is based on li and misrmatn, " said ex-gay activist Christopher Doyle last year.

GAY CONVERSN THERAPY BAN ADVANC IN ILLOIS

"There is not one rearch study published the scientific peer-reviewed lerature that has studied the out of mors unrgog SOCE therapy — any attempt to ban clients om receivg help for unwanted SSA is pure polil propaganda om gay activists. C., to ban the practice of ex-gay nversn therapy for mors.

The practice of so-lled "nversn" therapy on mors -- which therapists attempt to "cure" their patients of homosexualy -- uld soon be banned another Illois proposal to ban nversn therapy, sponsored by state Rep. "This bill would ensure that the most vulnerable dividuals, those already stgglg the face of homophobia and transphobia, are not targeted and subjected to a practice that medil practners em harmful and appropriate, " Cherkasov said a bill was troduced last month by Cassidy on the heels of hearg plats om her nstuents about therapists offerg such servic Illois.