Entry #698: Conversion therapy in United States

Current Version

Region	United States
Issue	Conversion therapy
Status	Varies by Region
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	Conversion therapy has always been a topic among legislative groups of people. Roughly about 23 states have fully banned conversion therapy for minors. The rest of the states have not yet banned it or plan to keep it unbanned.
Sources	https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy https://time.com/6344824/how-common-is-conversion-therapy-united-states/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/new-report-reveals-alarming-prevalence-of-conversion-therapy-with-over-1300-active-practitioners-across-the-u-s/

👍 NEW: Helpful votes! You can now rate each edit as helpful or unhelpful. Votes add another layer of approval and are an easy way to say thank you to other editors. Helpful votes may become public in the future but unhelpful votes will always remain private.

Revision History (7)

May 17, 2024

edited by qcksws. adding new sources, facebook is not a viable source unless it's for an actual organization and they have no website listed.

Helpful?

	Old Value	New Value (Current)
Description	Conversion therapy is legal in about 50% of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.	Conversion therapy has always been a topic among legislative groups of people. Roughly about 23 states have fully banned conversion therapy for minors. The rest of the states have not yet banned it or plan to keep it unbanned.
Description	Show Difference Conversion therapy is legal in about 50% of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy. has always been a topic among legislative groups of people. Roughly about 23 states have fully banned conversion therapy for minors. The rest of the states have not yet banned it or plan to keep it unbanned.
Sources	https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info	https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy https://time.com/6344824/how-common-is-conversion-therapy-united-states/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/new-report-reveals-alarming-prevalence-of-conversion-therapy-with-over-1300-active-practitioners-across-the-u-s/
Sources	Show Difference https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy https://time.com/6344824/how-common-is-conversion-therapy-united-states/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/new-report-reveals-alarming-prevalence-of-conversion-therapy-with-over-1300-active-practitioners-across-the-u-s/

Mar 15, 2022

edited by maddyksf

Helpful?

	Old Value	New Value
Special Status	(REMOVED)	Varies by Region
Description	Conversion therapy is legal in about 505 of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.	Conversion therapy is legal in about 50% of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.
Description	Show Difference Conversion therapy is legal in about 505 of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy. 50% of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.

Reports (4)
All information is correct, just adding sources "https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/09/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-ban-lgbtq-minors-tingley/71037697007/
Entire US could ban conversion therapy soon"
Oct 9, 2023
Other "Pennsylvania is wrong. not official. "
Oct 3, 2023
Note field is incorrect "Note says conversion therapy is LEGAL in states starting w/ CA and NJ. It is BANNED in CA and NJ."
Mar 16, 2023
Note field is incorrect "I think you meant to say "conversion therapy is BANNED in about 50% of US states starting with CA and NJ...." otherwise it makes it sound like CA and NJ were the first to make conversion therapy LEGAL rather than BANNED "
Sep 2, 2022

Mar 15, 2022

edited by maddyksf

Helpful?

	Old Value	New Value
Description	Conversion therapy is legal in every US state except CA and NJ. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.	Conversion therapy is legal in about 505 of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.
Description	Show Difference Conversion therapy is legal in every US state except CA and NJ. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy. about 505 of US states starting with CA and NJ being the first ones. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.

Jul 8, 2015

edited by danlev

Helpful?

	Old Value	New Value
Special Status	Ambiguous	(REMOVED)

Reports (11)
Newer law has been passed 
Nov 8, 2021
All information is correct, just adding sources "Virginia has now banned conversion therapy on minors "
Mar 10, 2020
Status is not correct "Conversion Therapy is now banned in more states"
Feb 13, 2020
Status is not correct "information is outdated"
Nov 6, 2019
Status is not correct "New York banned conversion therapy"
Jul 26, 2019
Status is not correct "there are more than just these two states that have banned it. Its May 2nd 2019 and they've banned states before and after the date on here. there are about 16 states that have banned it therefore there is some false imformation on here."
May 2, 2019
Status is not correct "Puerto Rico banned conversion therapy."
Apr 1, 2019
Newer law has been passed 
Mar 16, 2019
Status is not correct "Information is not updated. More  states have banned conversion therapy."
Sep 7, 2018
Newer law has been passed "More states have banned it"
Jun 18, 2018
Newer law has been passed "Now 12 states have banned conversion therapy:
California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Illinois, Connecticut, Vermont, Maryland, Hawaii, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New Mexico, as well as DC.

http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy"
May 28, 2018

Apr 17, 2015

edited by danlev

Helpful?

	Old Value	New Value
Sources	https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info (I'm aware Facebook is not the best source, but it's the only official source for Can't Convert Love besides Twitter)	https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info
Sources	Show Difference https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info (I'm aware Facebook is not the best source, but it's the only official source for Can\'t Convert Love besides Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info

Apr 17, 2015

edited by danlev

Helpful?

	Old Value (Original)	New Value
Description	As of this post (February 2, 2014), conversion therapy is legal in every US state except CA and NJ. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.	Conversion therapy is legal in every US state except CA and NJ. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.
Description	Show Difference As of this post (February 2, 2014), conversion therapy is legal in every US state except CA and NJ. Can\'t Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy. Conversion therapy is legal in every US state except CA and NJ. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.
Sources	https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info (I'm aware Facebook is not the best source, but it's the only official source for Can\'t Convert Love besides Twitter)	https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info (I'm aware Facebook is not the best source, but it's the only official source for Can't Convert Love besides Twitter)
Sources	Show Difference https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info (I\'m aware Facebook is not the best source, but it\'s the only official source for Can\\\'t Convert Love besides Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info (I'm aware Facebook is not the best source, but it's the only official source for Can\'t Convert Love besides Twitter)

Feb 2, 2014

created by imullin01

Helpful?

	Original entry
Status	Ambiguous
Start Date	(unknown)
End Date	(none)
Description	As of this post (February 2, 2014), conversion therapy is legal in every US state except CA and NJ. Can't Convert Love is the sole organization whose sole mission is banning conversion therapy nation-wide. MN and IN are in the starting phase of attempting to ban the therapy.
Sources	https://www.facebook.com/cantconvertlove/info (I'm aware Facebook is not the best source, but it's the only official source for Can\'t Convert Love besides Twitter)