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President obama is calling for an end to conversion therapy for gay and transgender white house. calling for a ban on psychotherapy that tries to convert people into being straight. the petition was spurred on by a teenager who killed herself. the administration has made a strong push for rights and they plan to create an all gender restroom for use in the white house. today president obama is in jamaica. hes the first u.s. president to visit the nation in the last three decades. last night he m...

And i kept running and that turned into a 5k which turned into a half-marathon, which turned into the boston marathon in 2013. so im running for a reason. i run for dana farber i run for the national cml society. and im running for a new family of people. im running for a bunch of folks that cant run. thats why im there. >> running for folks who cant run, the dana farber challenge marathon team its a great cause, you are a survivor. you have your life. you have won this my friend. dave fortier, ...

To try to increase equality for people who are transgendered, lesbian and gay and bisexual. theyve made it public the things they want to do things wb the federal government. but to ban the therapy nationwide would require congress so what they did in the response to this petition was to say, we support states who take these steps. and some states have banned conversion therapy, including california new jersey and d.c. back to you guys. >> michelle thank you very much. in other news the boston b...

Thats not where the emphasis is. >> thats the only point im trying to bring out of you here is where you dont see that happening. because this idea that christians are under assault. i dont understand that under law right now. theyre a protected class under the constitution, they get equal protection. lgbt is not. thats why theyre vulnerable to laws like the rfra law. >> i have a suggestion for you. >> yes, sir. >> why dont you have an hour-long program on cnn, and bring in some christian leader...

Your votes are coming in. its assessing this and doing it in realtime. so once it renders, hopefully well be able to take a look at that when it comes to political party. okay. lets look at age. 18 to 24-year-olds very strongly believe that conversion therapy should be banned. people their parents age agree less strongly. so theres a generational gap. you can see here with some of the ages 18 to 24-year-olds in blue who strongly afwree and then parents 55 years and older, you can see how some of...

Mental health professional. it can take place in a church basement at hands of a faith leader, can even take place at summer camps. the techniques actually vari widely, but whats most important about it is that no matter the method its equally destructive to have your core sense of self be told that its wrong, especially as a child. >> you know what, even with that, its just downright brainwashing some will call it and what i ask you about this a number of major medical associations have come ou...

Ban all lgbt petition. they asked president obama in banning therapy to try to fix or cure the petition told her story and asked president obama for his help in banning therapy to try to fix or cure sexual minorities. and they got enough signatures to qualify for a response. they met the new and higher threshold of 100,000 signatures in one months time. the white house says president obama will call for an end to so-called conversion therapy or reparative therapy. "the new york times" reporting ...

Forced to undergo before walking into traffic this past december. she said the only way i will rest in peace is in one day transgender people arent treated the way i was. white house adviser valerie jarrett says president obama was moved by the store of leelahs suicide. a staff attorney for national center for lesbian right and born perfect campaign coordinator joins me now and we thank you for being with us. lets start with this especially as the name suggests converse therapy seeks to change t...

Identity case. now he was initially accused of resisting the arrest of officers and later released without charge and then slager was exonerated through the formal complaint leveled against him about using his taser. so were going to hear from mario gibbons coming up. a huge symbolic move out of the white house, president obama is standing behind efforts to end the controversial practice of conversion therapy or repar tif therapy for lgbt youth. the announcement is in direct response after the s...

Tonight they got their response. the white house tonight said president obama will in fact call for an end to so-called conversion therapy, or reparative therapy. "the new york times" reporting that the president will not call for an explicit federal ban but will say that hes open to conversations with lawmakers in both parties about how to deal with this issue and stop this kind of therapy. in the official response to the petition tonight, valerie jarrett noted that lawmakers have introduced so...