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The number of transgender people who commit suicide this year. i want someone to look at that number and say, thats f-ed up and fix it. fix society, please. joining me now is samuel brenton and adviser to the born perfect campaign. chris hernandez, an lgbt advocate who went through conversion therapy. thanks to you all for being here. so let me start with you. part of the description of you is that you are a conversion therapy survivor. talk to me about -- thats usually language we talk about tr...

Now. because this week one petition with more than 120,000 signatures prompted a response that could change the lives of many more of the nations most vulnerable people. it called for a ban on conversion therapy, a largely discredited practice that attempts to change the sexual orientation of lgbt people. the petition was inspired by the transgender teen who took her own life to attend conversion therapy therapy. on wednesday president obamas senior adviser wrote the white houses official respon...

Background and think about things like sin, thats a big thing thing. christians associate homosexuality with sinful behavior. this whole idea that jesus saves you from your sins but when it come os to parents, sin is a real thing and hell is a real thing. if youre -- i went through -- sorry, some people when i went through conversion therapy and went to a christian college, someone who was a proponent for international said its like having someone drive off a cliff. before they drive off a cliff...

Had i been her physician, i would have told her exactly that and thats the message i want other doctors and health professionals and leaders to help get out to parents and children who may be confronting these issues. california, new jersey and the district of clumolumbia already have laws banning professionals from providing the therapy to young people. now according to "the new york times," president obama is putting the power of the the executive office behind activists campaigning for bans i...

Conversion therapy as unnecessary, ineffective and even harmful. in 2009 the psychological association released a comprehensive review of the practice in which it concluded attempts to change sexual orientation may cause or exacerbate stress and poor mental health in some individuals, including depression and suicidal thoughts. in 2013 conversion therapy lost one of its most visible ed a vo advocates when the largest and most well known proponent of the practice announced it was shutting down. t...

Rejects them feels theres no other option. people sometimes say, well, these are kids are choosing to go through these experiences. no one chooses to go through this type of trauma other than theres no other spaces for them to turn. were watching students die at extraordinary rates and then when that happens, those of us who are left behind look at each other, well, if they couldnt make it, maybe i cant either. we have to remember there are organizations out there working to make sure they know ...

Thank you so much. appreciate it, bingenji msnbc and ken vogel in washington. thank you both. >> thanks. >> thanks for having me. turning to a groundbreaking stand that president obama took this week. publicly declaring support for an end to the conversion therapies for minors. a process aimed at "fixing gay and transgender people to become their heterosexual self." presidents statement follows sever states ban on the practice. two states in the union now plus washington, d.c. with bans. 18 ot...

Therapist and my father im being told i have a higher chance of committing suicide if i become an openly gay man, that the gay lifestyle is not a lifestyle to live and getting fears and horrors of you cant come out and this is what youd be faced with. >> did you consider suicide going through the therapy? many stories have been told about minors being put how that this therapy, quote/unquote, therapy and then taking their own lives because they cannot understand why this is happening? >> yeah. t...

Asking for a law to be dedicated in this teenagers name from ohio so nationwide this practice of so-called conversion therapy would be banned. now the white house has responded to it. a lengthy response quoting president obama and written by his senior adviser valerie jarrett, basically agreeing with people who think it should be banned. what she said in her statement was this the overwhelming scientific evidence demonstrates that conversion therapy, especially when practiced on young people is ...

Cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski with more. good morning. >> this all came about because an ohio teenager who identified as female in december killed herself after her parents took her to this so-called conversion therapy that tries to change the gender identity. often used on young people. so that then sparked an online petition on white house.gov, garnered more than 100,000 signatures. asking for a national law to ban this kind of therapy. now the white house has weighed in in a...