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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta last month ruled that ordinances banning conversion therapy violated the First Amendment. The governments and groups have filed requests to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and Boca Raton, which sought a rehearing after a ruling by a federal appeals court panel. Cities, counties and groups from Florida and other parts of the country are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to reconsider a potentially far-reaching decision that blocked bans on the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.” The local governmen...

In May 2017 then-Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation protecting LGBTQ youth in the state from what his office called “the destructive and discredited practice of conversion therapy. The so-called treatment, which seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been discredited by nearly every credible medical and psychiatric group in the country and oftentimes includes destructive practices that are harmful to children, such as electric shock therapy.” Florida counties and cities’ ordinances providing the same protections were struck down b...

The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. TALLAHASSEE --- Cities, counties and groups from Florida and other parts of the country are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to reconsider a potentially far-reaching decision that blocked bans on the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.” The local governments and groups have filed requests during the past week to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and the city of Boca Raton, which sought a rehearing after a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month ruled that ordinances banning conve...

Local Governments, Groups Urge Rehearing On ‘Conversion Therapy’ By News Service of Florida December 23, 2020 Cities, counties and groups from Florida and other parts of the country are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to reconsider a potentially far-reaching decision that blocked bans on the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy.” The local governments and groups have filed requests during the past week to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and the city of Boca Raton, which sought a rehearing after a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

Palm Beach County, Boca Raton challenge ruling overturning conversion therapy bans By : Jason Parsley via South Florida Gay News December 18, 2020 Share this story: ABOVE: Watermark file photo by Dylan Todd. Boca Raton and Palm Beach County filed a petition with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Dec. 11 asking the court to review a November ruling where a three-judge panel found their bans on conversion therapy for minors unconstitutional. It was uncertain if the county and city were going to challenge the ruling. The petition is calling for an en banc review, which means all 12 judges w...