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Federal judge denies request to axe Michigan's ban on conversion therapy • Michigan Advance

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LGBTQ+ Pride flag | Susan J. DemasA federal judge has rejected a request in a lawsuit to halt Michigan’s new law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth. Michigan became the latest of a growing number of states to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors in summer 2023, with advocates for the legislation decrying the practice as “torture” for kids and a driving force behind suicide in the LGBTQ+ community.  At the same time, a lawsuit filed …

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Federal judge denies request to ax Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy

BY ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—A federal judge has rejected a request in a lawsuit to halt Michigan’s new law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth. Michigan became the latest of a growing number of states to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors in summer 2023, with advocates for the legislation decrying the practice as “torture” for kids and a driving force behind suicide in the LGBTQ+ community. At the same time, a la…

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Federal judge denies request to axe Michigan's ban on conversion therapy • Michigan Advance

LGBTQ+ Pride flag | Susan J. DemasA federal judge has rejected a request in a lawsuit to halt Michigan’s new law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth. Michigan became the latest of a growing number of states to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors in summer 2023, with advocates for the legislation decrying the practice as “torture” for kids and a driving force behind suicide in the LGBTQ+ community.  At the same time, a lawsuit filed …

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Bill Co-Sponsored in 2023 By Washtenaw County House Reps. to Ban Conversion Therapy Survives Federal Challenge

by Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance In 2023, Washtenaw County House Reps. Felicia Brabec, Jimmie Wilson, Jr., Carrie Rheingans, Jennifer Conlin and Jason Morgan (along with other Michigan Reps.) co-sponsored House Bill 4616 of 2023 (now Public Act 117 of 2023), a ban on so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBT youth. Rep. Felicia Brabec introduced the […]

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