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To this day therapists exist who claim they can cure homosexuality there in germany to the health minister plans to prohibit the so-called conversion therapies they could have serious consequences as it did with mike. i think i 1st became aware that something was different during kindergarten but of course i didn't know what it meant mike is just one of thousands of people in germany who have undergone a controversial therapy in an attempt to repress a homosexuality christianity shaped mike's life from an early age but as puberty hit he began to have sexual experiences with men. this published...

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." president's statement follows sever states ban on the practice. two states in the union now plus washington, d.c. with bans. 18 other states considering it. matthew shirk kaw underwent five years of conversion therapy joining us ...

Sophistication and the complication and the white house is addressing one of the issues that arises across the country. >> and also president obama calling for an end to conversion therapies for transgender teens. without a federal policy in place to regulate this how much weight does it carry? >> the president is supposed to have a bully pulpit and the white house is saying the president will consult the members of congress to come up with a federal policy leaving it to the states means where you have prejudices there's going to be nothing to stop conversion therapy. it really doesn't have th...

Particular type of therapy, carol. >> all right, michelle kosinski reporting live from the white house, thank you. i want to bring in cnn medical correspondent elizabeth cohen to talk about these conversion therapies. they've been totally discounted haven't they? >> reporter: indeed they have. the american psychiatric association and the american psychological association have both weighed in saying this kind of therapy is a bad idea. they say, first of all, you don't need therapy to change your sexual orientation, homosexuality is a perfectly normal variation on human sexuality and there is n...

The iranian president says his country will not sign any deal unless all economic sanctions are lifted. the same day the agreement goes into effect. in the current framework, sanctions against iran would be gradually lifted. meanwhile in an interview with pbs. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is aware of the support that iran is providing the houthi rebels in yemen. and he says the u.s. will stand with those threatened by iran. the white house is calling for an end to so-called conversion therapies that make baseless claims of curing gay and transgender youth. the obama administra...