Apr 5, 2019 | Conversion Therapy
While acceptance of LGBTQ individuals has been growing rapidly in the last decade, there are still subsets of people who abhor any orientation other than heterosexual. Coming out is never an easy process for LGBTQ people, no matter their age. For teens experiencing...
Jan 13, 2014 | Adoption, Civil Rights, Conversion Therapy, DOMA, International Law, Legal Intelligencer, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Law, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Transgender Issues
Will 2014 be the year when opponents of progress will finally stand alone on the wrong side of history? The forecast looks cloudy, at best. But as I look back at 2013—the battles we’ve won and the battles we’ve lost—I see tremendous potential for advances...
Nov 13, 2013 | Civil Rights, Conversion Therapy, LGBT Law, Philly Gay Lawyer Media
State Rep. Brian Sims, D-Philadelphia, announced his intention to introduce legislation this term that would effectively ban all gay-reparative or conversion therapies in the state of Pennsylvania. Collectively, such therapies are known as sexual orientation change...
