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Appeals court temporarily blocks California law banning "ex-gay" therapy

SDGLN Staff
December 22nd, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday temporarily delayed the start date of a new California law that protects LGBT youth from therapists who try to change their sexual orientation despite warnings by medical experts that these discredited practices put youth at risk of serious harm.

The new law was set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2013.

EQCA and NCLR move to defend law protecting LGBT youth from reparative therapy

SDGLN Staff
October 20th, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- Late Friday, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson filed court papers seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the new California law protecting LGBT young people from dangerous and potentially deadly psychological abuse.

50,000 people urge California Gov. Brown to sign bill banning "ex-gay" therapy

SDGLN Staff
September 27th, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Momentum is building in California and across the country to put an end to dangerous efforts designed to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender expression that have proven to inflict great emotional harm and have resulted in suicide.

California Gov. Jerry Brown can sign Senate Bill 1172, a bill to protect young people from this abuse by prohibiting therapists from using these discredited practices.

To date, nearly 50,000 concerned citizens have signed a Human Rights Campaign petition urging the Governor to sign the bill.

BREAKING NEWS: California Senate bans "ex-gay" therapy

SDGLN Staff
May 30th, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California State Senate today approved a bill designed to limit the ability of mental health providers in California to engage in dangerous sexual orientation change efforts (sometimes referred to as “ex-gay therapy,” “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy”).

Bill would limit sexual orientation conversion treatment by mental health care providers in California

SDGLN Staff
April 24th, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A bill designed to limit the ability of psychotherapists in California to provide so-called “therapies” to change the sexual orientation of their patients was approved 5-3 by the Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee on Monday.

Senate Bill 1172, authored by state Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), would prohibit a psychotherapist from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts without first disclosing the risk of harm and obtaining the patient’s informed consent.

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