The U.S. Supreme Court has set the stage to end prohibitions against talk therapists attempting to change the sexual orientation of juveniles.

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 alike as dangerous and deceptive. Bans against using it ...

The US Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is constitutional. Conversion or reparative therapy promises to ...

Who we are is not something that needs to be fixed. Yet for thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender young people across the U.S., conversion therapy continues to send the dangerous message that their identity is a problem to be solved.

As more young people identify as transgender, a fight has re-emerged over therapy that questions their gender identities. By Amy Harmon Since at least a decade ago, a rare consensus has prevailed on a provocative issue for L.G.B.T.Q. people. Professional ...

The author outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the Court heard oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar on Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. On Tuesday, I stood on the steps of the Supreme Court with advocates from The Trevor Project, the Human Rights Campaign ...

The Supreme Court dove into the culture wars again this week by hearing arguments on conversion therapy — a controversial pseudoscientific practice that attempts to change LGBTQ+ patients’ sexuality to align with heterosexual desires. In Chiles v.