SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it. Supporters navigated a winding path to passage and some dissent remains, but barring it in Utah could […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is set to become the 19th state to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy after state officials came up with a proposal that has the support of the influential Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert announced Tuesday night […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A week after The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints came out against a ban on so-called conversion therapy in Utah, the state regulatory agency considering the proposal is refusing to release a final tally of how many of the nearly 2,500 public […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints is opposing a proposed ban on conversion therapy in Utah, just months after it said it wouldn’t stand in the way of a similar rule under consideration. The church said in a statement posted Tuesday night that the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah psychologists would be prohibited from practicing so-called conversion therapy on LGBTQ kids under proposed state regulations that got an early nod of approval from a state licensing board on Thursday. The vote came after Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert called on state regulators to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah LGBTQ advocates say they will join a nationwide effort to get the state to ban a practice known as “conversion therapy.” The Salt Lake Tribune reports Equality Utah Executive Director Troy Williams said last week advocates are ready to push for legislation that would make it […]
