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    Colorado Is Now the 18th State to Ban Conversion Therapy on Minors

    Mikelle Street
    05/29/19
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    All the States Where Conversion Therapy on Minors is Banned

    All the States Where Conversion Therapy on Minors is Banned
      

    Conversion therapy is a dangerous, debunked series of methods that have existed since at least the 1970s that hope to change a patient's sexuality or gender. Over time, those practices have been found to be without scientific bases and have instead found to be harmful, leading to "depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior," according to the American Psychiatric Association. As more research came out the pseudoscience, some of its main proponents began to disavow it -- In June of 2013, Exodus International, a Christian group that was one of the leaders in the techniques apologized for the harm it had done and disbanded.

    In 2012, states began to outlaw the practice against minors under the age of 18, bolstered at times by organizations like the Human Rights Campaign, The Trevor Project, Born Perfect and more as well as major media attention. In 2018 there was a pop culture watershed moment with the release of films like Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

    Here are all of the states (and a few territories) that have outlawed conversion therapy, called by some the "gay cure," in chronological order.

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    Mikelle Street

    Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

    Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

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