White House Endorses Bans On Anti-LGBT Conversion Therapy“In her suicide note, transgender 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn wrote that among the ways that her family rejected her was forcing her to see “Christian therapists,” who told her that she was...

White House Endorses Bans On Anti-LGBT Conversion Therapy

In her suicide note, transgender 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn wrote that among the ways that her family rejected her was forcing her to see “Christian therapists,” who told her that she was “selfish and wrong and that I should look to God for help.” After her death, a White House petition was started calling for something dubbed “Leelah’s Law,” a ban on all forms of ex-gay and ex-transgender conversion therapies. On Wednesday, the White House responded to that petition by agreeing that such treatments should be banned.

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    I still can’t believe that there are these types of therapies still out there. Tracy M, Sex Educator
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