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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

"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.

VIRGIA BE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO BAN GAY NVERSN THERAPY FOR MORS

Former GayRVA edor--chief, RVA Magaze edor for prt and web. 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.

GAY NVERSN THERAPY MOV A STEP CLOSER TO BEG ILLEGAL 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.

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.

'GAY-NVERSN THERAPY' FAC NEW LEGAL CHALLENGE VIRGIA

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”. Practners of gay-nversn therapy are unr attack om numero directns.

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