The Virgia Hoe of Delegat joed the state Senate passg a bill that would ban gay nversn therapy on mors Virgia.
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- GAY NVERSN THERAPY OFFICIALLY BANNED VIRGIA
- VIRGIA BE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO BAN GAY NVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS
- GAY NVERSN THERAPY MOV A STEP CLOSER TO BEG ILLEGAL VIRGIA
- 'GAY-NVERSN THERAPY' FAC NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE VIRGIA
GAY NVERSN THERAPY OFFICIALLY BANNED VIRGIA
"Conversn therapy, sometim lled "ex-gay therapy" or "reparative therapy, " has been nmned by nearly every major health associatn, cludg the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, the Amerin Amy of Pediatrics and the Amerin Medil Associatn, which November backed a natnwi ban.
"While the nversn therapy ban is the first gay rights measure Northam has signed this year, HB 386 is not the only LGBTQ rights bill expected to reach his sk soon. Former GayRVA edor--chief, RVA Magaze edor for prt and web.
VIRGIA BE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO BAN GAY NVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS
Bill would make gay nversn therapy illegal Virgia.
-- The Virgia Hoe of Delegat joed the state Senate passg a bill that would ban gay nversn therapy on mors Virgia. “I was told that I didn’t have a gay inty. “They will dig to fd the e of homosexualy, and then try to fix that.
A Virgia-based group that claims to be able to help men “mimize or elimate” their sexual attractn to other men has been acced of unfair, ceptive and dulent practic the latt legal challenge to the ntroversial practice of “gay-nversn therapy” Can Change has been reported to the Feral Tra Commissn and acced of breakg the prohibn on unfair and ceptive acts.
GAY NVERSN THERAPY MOV A STEP CLOSER TO BEG ILLEGAL VIRGIA
In their plat, they acce PCC of dg nsumers to believg that beg gay is tantamount to a mental illns or fect and ce numero profsnal anizatns such as the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn and Amerin Psychologil Associatn which have bunked such a statement to the Guardian, Rich Wyler, who found PCC 2000 and is s executive director, lled the plat an “act of hate and vic bullyg agast our muny of adult men – gay, bi-sexual, ex-gay and same-sex attracted men”.
He add that “for our own relig or other eply personal reasons, we choose to not intify as gay or live a gay life. ”In prsg their se to have PCC’s activi effect shut down, the plaants n pot to a se last year which a siar gay nversn group, Jonah, was orred to cease operatg by a New Jersey judge havg been found by a jury to have broken the state’s nsumer d protectn law.
That trial tablished the ncept that mercial enti that claim they n “cure” homosexualy are actg sentially as n PCC is also orred to spend s servic as a rult of the new FTC plat, plans to stage events this year California, Florida, Indiana, Texas and Utah. It claims that follow-up surveys, about three out of every four men who took part Journey to Manhood reported “a crease homosexual feelgs and behavrs”.
'GAY-NVERSN THERAPY' FAC NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE VIRGIA
Practners of gay-nversn therapy are unr attack om numero directns. Conversn therapy — a wily discreded practice based on the premise that beg lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer is a mental illns — attempts to change someone’s sexual inty or genr orientatn through different procr that uld clu shock Monday, Gov. ”Conversn therapy n clu brgg up past trmas that the therapist believ may have ed homosexualy, or aversn therapy, durg which patients are ma to feel disgted when lookg at L.
”Sce gag ntrol of both chambers, Democrats have also passed the Virgia Valu Act, a bill troduced by Senator Adam Ebb, the state’s first openly gay legislator. Beyond studi foced solely on reparative therapy, broar rearch clearly monstrat the signifint harm that societal prejudice and fay rejectn has on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) people, particularly youth. For example, rearch on the issue of fay acceptance of LGBTQ youth nducted at San 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:.