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He was pushed too far to go against democrats and for the administrations interest. >> all right. great reporting. nbcs julia ainsley. great to see you. thanks so much. another poll shows senator elizabeth warrens numbers taking a hit. well take a look at why the support may be sliding. first, utahs governor is announcing a new agreement for a statewide ban on conversion therapy for lgbtq youth. the move pushed for. studies have found the practice sparks thoughts of suicide among those subje...

Salvation army wont perform that work in cities like san francisco and new york where they refused to operate because the governments wont allow them to discriminate against lgbtq community members. i would love to see the salvation army -- >> laura: how do they -- >> are everywhere. >> laura: how did they discriminate? what particular positions or staffing positions are examples of discrimination? they deny all of this, by the way. >> i understand that they deny it but the truth is there are a ...

So the challenge here can be met by all of us. regardless of our background or where we are in the country. so ill make sure that we lead on this. >> lets talk about something that also doesnt get enough coverage and its controversial, talking about conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice that seeks to change a persons sexual orientation or possibly their gender identity. >> yeah. >> should this be illegal? and if it is illegal, what should the punishment be? >> it should be illegal. a...

Collected. you can actually get that done without congress. you can, of course, stop this highly discriminatory and anti-patriotic policy of the trumps administration which bans transpeople from serving in the military. you can do that yourself. you can do so many other things when it comes to changing the department of education policies and other discrimination policies. and then i would pass the equality act in the first year. those are high priorities for me and youve got to do some by chang...

June? >> thank you. youve proposed outlawing conversion therapy. >> yeah. >> and strengthening federal nondiscrimination laws. >> good. >> all of these are really important priorities. >> yes. >> but a lot of them are geared toward white lgbtq folks whereas other issues surrounding nonwhite, black and brown lgbt people like youth homelessness and hate crimes heavily impact the black and brown community. so how will you pay attention to all of the important priorities youve outlined in addition t...

Accepted to georgetown university but couldnt afford the tuition. his friends and loved ones created a gofundme campaign to cover the costs. now seth has started his own foundation to help other lgbtq kids. seth, welcome, and what is your question? >> thank you. thank you, senator, for being here and thank you to all of my chosen family out here whos made this possible. >> thanks, seth. >> as someone whos been forced through conversion therapy, particularly one that was masked as religious-based...

Struggling with the fear of walking down the street at night because they are afraid that they might get attacked? how are they going to address concerns about the fact that 35 states in this country still allow conversion therapy? essentially that means you can take a young person and have them engage in shock therapy to change their sexual orientation. how are they going to completely address the sort of the radical rollback that were seeing by the trump administration? theyre prohibiting tran...

A mortal sin. and other similar comments came from all sides. after voluntarily seeking out so-called conversion therapy might committed himself to ending all contact with homosexual friends and partners for a decade he was abstinent the loneliness brought him to the brink of suicide. i reached the point where i couldnt go on anymore. but it was also because of my faith that i was too much of a coward to do it. because then i would have been granted eternal life today i can laugh about it how st...

For example to put a ban in place especially for young people which makes it clear that doctors and therapists are not allowed to carry out this so-called conversion therapy and then theyll be a lot less of this nonsense. than has he got to make of being. 20 years on since his so-called therapy mike can now look forward to his wedding putting the past behind him. nieman im not bitter towards anyone neither the christian circles where i learned and heard everything nor the therapist someone from ...

All disclosure, shes not using her real name tonight if that tells you something about this. joining me now is crystal lopez. your son told you that he was transgender but what happens when you ask rutgers questions about this? >> they basically told me that they were not required to look into any of his underlying issues so i could not find out if there were other mental disorders that were triggering this thought in my son. and when i asked the therapist to help my son feel comfortable in his ...