Colorado-based Summ Mistri ncels California nventns over gay nversn therapy bill

Contents:

• COLORADO ERNOR SIGNS GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN
• COLORADO BE THE LATT STATE TO BAN GAY NVERSN THERAPY FOR YOUTH
• COLORADO LAWMAKERS FOR A FIFTH — AND LIKELY FAL — TIME WILL WEIGH WHETHER TO BAN GAY “NVERSN THERAPY”
• COLORADO FIGHT TO END 'GAY NVERSN THERAPY' ULD RRY NATNAL WEIGHT
• COLORADO BANS ‘EX-GAY’ NVERSN THERAPY

COLORADO ERNOR SIGNS GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN

|Colorado Bans ‘Conversn Therapy’ for Mors Anrson/Associated PrsJune 1, 2019Colorado on Friday beme the 18th state to ban “nversn therapy” for mors, a discreded practice that aims to change a person’s sexual orientatn or genr Jared Polis of Colorado, who is gay, signed the bill to law a day before the start of Pri Month for the L. ”One Colorado, a group that foc on achievg equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Colorado rints, was pleased wh the ernor’s actns. Jared Polis, the first openly gay man ever elected ernor the U.

Rearch shows so-lled nversn therapy, which treats beg gay or transgenr as a mental illns, creas the risk of suici, dg abe and prsn among teens. A long list of health associatns, cludg the Amerin Medil Associatn and the Amerin Psychologil Associatn, have spoken out agast the practice, which is also known as "reparative therapy" or "ex-gay therapy. ""Colorado will ntue to make history as our untry’s first openly gay Governor, Jared Polis, signs our pro-equaly agenda to law to send a strong msage that Colorado is a state that is open to all, " Ramos NBC OUT ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAMTim FzsimonsTim Fzsimons is a reporter for NBC News.

Richardson, The Denver PostJourney Mueller ed to attend Colorado Christian Universy and unrwent what she nsired to be nversn therapy after beg outed as gay by her roommate to the school’s admistratn. Gay Coloradans have been able to legally marry sce 2014 and Denver is nsired welg to LGBTQ Christians. Whether a mor or not, nversn therapy has negative impacts for those who endure , cludg prsn, anxiety and a actured relatnship wh fah when the patient is relig, said Clton Anrson, director of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Concerns Office at the Amerin Psychologil Associatn.

COLORADO BE THE LATT STATE TO BAN GAY NVERSN THERAPY FOR YOUTH

Before stunts start at CCU, they have to sign a liftyle venant and review a stunt handbook wh a sectn lled “Homosexual Relatnships” that remds stunts about the “scriptural admonn agast the s of same-sex terurse. As long as stunts n rema celibate, the CCU handbook says gay stunts n stay at the universy. In January, the Denver Archdce sponsored a nference by Andrew Comiskey, founr of Livg Waters and Dert Stream Mistri, which Comiskey scrib as a mistry “healg the sexually and relatnally broken” wh a mment to “overe homosexualy.

Cox, now 34, recently dug up a pro and n list about beg gay that she ma durg that time. “You don’t have to lose your fah bee you’re gay, ” Cox said, although she adms her experience at CCU ed her to leave the church. You were ma exactly the way you are supposed to be, and there’s nothg wrong wh beg gay.

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:.

COLORADO LAWMAKERS FOR A FIFTH — AND LIKELY FAL — TIME WILL WEIGH WHETHER TO BAN GAY “NVERSN THERAPY”

"Homosexualy and Adolcence, Pediatrics. "[T]he associatn do not nsir homosexualy a disorr that requir treatment, and as such, we see no basis for [reparative therapy]. "Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Health Dispari: Executive Summary of a Policy Posn Paper From the Amerin College of Physicians.

This rolutn specifilly not that ACA oppos portrayals of lbian, gay and bisexual dividuals as mentally ill due to their sexual orientatn.... In 1999, the Governg Council adopted a statement ‘opposg the promotn of reparative therapy as a cure for dividuals who are homosexual. "Our AMA… oppos, the e of 'reparative' or 'nversn' therapy that is based upon the assumptn that homosexualy per se is a mental disorr or based upon the a prri assumptn that the patient should change his/her homosexual orientatn.

991, Health Care Needs of the Homosexual Populatn. 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.

COLORADO FIGHT TO END 'GAY NVERSN THERAPY' ULD RRY NATNAL WEIGHT

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...

COLORADO BANS ‘EX-GAY’ NVERSN THERAPY

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 orientatn. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Amerin Psychologil Associatn 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;. "Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenred and qutng (LGBTQ) youth often beg to experience self-intifitn durg their pre-adolcent or adolcent years, as do heterosexual youth.

Acrdgly, is fair to assert that lbians and gay men seek therapy for the same reasons that heterosexual people do. However, the crease media mpaigns, often upled wh ercive msag om fay and muny members, has created an environment which lbians and gay men often are prsured to seek reparative or nversn therapi, which nnot and will not change sexual orientatn. Aligned wh the Amerin Psychologil Associatn's (1997) posn, NCLGB [NASW's Natnal Commtee on Lbian and Gay Issu] believ that such treatment potentially n lead to severe emotnal damage.

Specifilly, transformatnal mistri are fueled by stigmatizatn of lbians and gay men, which turn produc the social climate that prsur some people to seek change sexual orientatn. Servic that purport to "cure" people wh non-heterosexual sexual orientatn lack medil jtifitn and reprent a ser threat to the health and well-beg of affected people, the Pan Amerin Health Organizatn (PAHO) said a posn statement lnched on 17 May, 2012, the Internatnal Day agast Homophobia.