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Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, praised the New Hampshire State Senate for passing HB 587 - legislation protecting LGBTQ youth in the state from the unsafe and debunked practice of so-called "conversion therapy". "We urge state legislators to quickly send the bill to Governor Sununu's desk".
In New Hampshire, a bill to ban conversion therapy for minors passed the state senate in a 14-10 vote.
If this sounds familiar, it's because it is.
California was the first state in the nation to ban conversion therapy on minors in 2012.
Nearly 50 bills have been introduced in 24 states targeting conversion therapy, which has been discredited by dozens of medical associations and child-welfare institutions. An Act To Clarify the Scope of Practice of Certain Licensed Professionals Regarding Conversion Therapy.
Democratic Assemblyman Evan Low of Campbell says he authored the bill because conversion therapy has been proven ineffective and harmful. Low's bill seeks to offer consumer protections to adults who accuse people of defrauding them by advertising sexual orientation change efforts.
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Republicans added an amendment that exempted "talk therapy or religious counseling that provides acceptance, support, and understanding" from the bill.
"You can still try to pray the gay away, if you like, but it hasn't proved to be effective", she said. "To advertise that you can change someone's orientation is simply that - fraudulent".
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Conservative religious rights groups, such as the California Family Council and the Alliance Defending Freedom, are opposing the legislation.
"So-called conversion therapy is a risky, ineffective solution in search of a nonexistent problem, and there's no place for it in the State of California", Rick Zbur, the executive director of Equality California, said in a statement.
"Growing up with so much, I too wanted to find out if I could be changed and if anything could work because of the societal pressures that we have", he said during an emotional speech on the floor.
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