conversion therapy

Flowers bloom in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during proceedings in Washington

Supreme Court sides with therapist challenging Colorado ban on conversion therapy

By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court as justices are expected to issue orders in pending appeals in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ kids

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment.

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington

What Supreme Court justices signaled in arguments over Colorado's conversion therapy ban

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could strike down bans on so-called conversion therapy for children. Conversion therapy broadly refers to attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity and is banned in 23 states…

By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz

The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new session in Washington

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on Colorado's conversion therapy ban

A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday seemed to lean in favor of a Christian counselor challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

By Mark Sherman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Activists gather outside U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in case involving LGBT rights in Washin...

Supreme Court will hear Colorado case about state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case.

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court rejects an appeal over bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has refused to take up a case about whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.

In Iowa and elsewhere, bans on widely discredited 'conversion therapy' become a conservative target

By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

One of Iowa's largest cities is the latest municipality to repeal its ban on so-called LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. That's the discredited practice of trying to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.

Wisconsin Republicans block ban on 'conversion therapy'

By Harm Venhuizen, Associated Press

Wisconsin Republicans have again allowed therapists, social workers and counselors to try to change LGBTQ clients' gender identities and sexual orientations — a scientifically discredited practice known as conversion therapy.

French National Assembly unanimously approves law banning conversion therapy

By Associated Press

France has a new law that bans so-called conversion therapies and authorizes jail time and fines for practitioners who use the scientifically discredited practice to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ people.