Kaiser Permanente ends gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19
Kaiser will stop offering the surgeries as of August 29, but said that it will still offer other gender-affirming care.
July 24, 2025
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What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?
Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.
February 13, 2025
'The Advocates' Podcast: Daniel Franzese Talks Conversion Therapy
The Mean Girls and Looking actor on surviving "conversation therapy" and maintaining his faith.
September 18, 2018
Biden Talks Trans Rights, Calls Conversion Therapy Sick at Fundraiser
Biden also gave a shout-out to the late Aimee Stephens and talked about vetting his potential VP choices.
May 14, 2020
Matt Walsh’s 'Homosexual Infants' Remark Raises Eyebrows Amid Conversion Therapy Talk
Conversion therapy has been restricted in about 20 states.
November 1, 2023
Judge Kills Conversion Therapy Ban, Not Convinced Practice Is Harmful
A federal judge strikes down Tampa, Fla.'s effort to end "ex-gay" and "ex-trans" therapy on minors.
October 4, 2019
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people, long discredited, could make a comeback
More than half of states restrict conversion therapy, but conservative courts could change that.
August 18, 2025
What is ‘Gender Exploratory Therapy,’ the HHS’s alternative to gender-affirming care?
Mental health experts weigh in on the practice and it's dangers to trans and nonbinary individuals.
August 25, 2025
Can't Be Converted: I Started an 'Ex-Gay' Group in Alabama
Bill Prickett was convinced he could change his sexuality. Then he found true salvation.
November 10, 2018
Op-ed: The Meaning of Leelah Alcorn's Death
A transgender teenager took her life last week after being subjected to transphobic abuse from her family. Her death, however, has reminded many that LGBT youth need our help.
January 7, 2015
Minneapolis City Council Bans Conversion Therapy
The ordinance will be the first of its kind in Minnesota.
November 23, 2019
Queen Elizabeth: U.K. Will Move to Ban Anti-LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy
"People should be free to be themselves in the U.K.," briefing notes of the queen's speech read.
May 11, 2021
Can't Be Converted: A Nebraska 'Ex-Gay' Conference Tore Me Apart
In our ongoing series, "conversion therapy" survivors discuss how they escaped the dangerous, discredited practice.
November 14, 2018
Utah Lawmakers, Activists Reach Compromise on Conversion Therapy Ban
Activists voiced concerns that the proposed bill was too watered-down.
February 8, 2023
Inside the Fraudulent Efforts to Turn Gay Children Straight
A new documentary takes you inside "conversion therapy" sessions.
February 5, 2019
Op-ed: What Actually Happens During 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
Twenty-three years after his first brush with so-called reparative therapy, a writer describes his six-year experience with the process.
October 29, 2012
Can't Be Converted: Trauma as Therapy in Virginia
Mathew Shurka was told he was gay because of childhood trauma -- and had to "reenact" it whether it was real or not.
January 12, 2019
Op-ed: Why The U.N. Must Consider The Cruelty Behind Ex-Gay Therapy
Conversion therapy isn't just snake oil. It's poison.
November 10, 2014
New York Drops Medicaid's Ban on Trans Health Care
The good news keeps coming for New York's trans citizens seeking healthcare related to gender transition, even as advocates say some work still needs to be done.
December 18, 2014
Hormones and surgery improve transgender men's quality of life: study
A new study proves gender-affirming care directly improves quality of life among transgender men.
April 4, 2025