A Step In The Right Direction

The president has said it and now Oregon has done it.

Oregon’s Bisexual Gov. Bans Conversion Therapy
The country’s first out LGBT governor is also the first to sign a ban on conversion therapy since the White House came out against the practice last month.
By Sunnivie Brydum
May 19 2015

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Monday signed into law House Bill 2307, which bans the use of so-called conversion therapy on minors.

The bill passed the Oregon Senate earlier this month by a vote of 21-3, after passing the House in March. Oregon now joins California, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia in outlawing the scientifically discredited therapy, which attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

The practice, sometimes called “ex-gay” or “reparative” therapy, has been denounced as ineffective and harmful by every major mental health organization in the nation, and by President Obama and other top federal officials.

Some people here in Connecticut looked into sponsoring a Conversion Therapy bill but they couldn’t find any doctors who practice Conversion Therapy here in Connecticut so it was decided to put it on the back burner until the time that it is needed.