BOGOTA, Colombia — Juan Viana recalls having a happy childhood in a Christian community in Bogotá but when he came out as gay at age 18, that all changed. “Unfortunately, that community of support ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When a 14-year-old girl in Boulder ...

Imagine a conservative state bans therapists from talking to gay or transgender minors in a way that affirms their sexual orientation or gender identity. That would cross a line, right? Whatever ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a Colorado counselor's challenge to the state's ban on "conversion therapy" for minors. The case was brought by Kaley Chiles, who argued the ...

Conversion therapy ‒ the practice of attempting to alter someone's sexual orientation or gender identity through a variety of methods ‒ has long been debunked by scientists, doctors and survivors ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging a Colorado law that bans mental health care providers from engaging minors in conversion therapy. In the practice, now discredited, ...

Half the states restrict efforts to change a person's identity in treatment. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Conversion therapy, or the attempt to change a patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity ...

The Supreme Court’s decision in a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors would have implications for many states with similar laws. By Amy Harmon It was in 2012, three years ...

The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful. By Ellen Barry As a teenager, Julie Rodgers attended Tuesday night group therapy sessions in which young ...

Laws banning conversion therapy for minors in more than 20 states are under threat, thanks to a Supreme Court case challenging Colorado’s legislation against the practice on the basis of free speech.

Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Chiles v. Salazar, which challenges Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, a discredited and often harmful practice of attempting to change ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Oct. 7 will debate whether Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for gay or transgender minors violates the free speech rights of a licensed counselor. The counselor ...