Also at 10 a.m., ESPA and lawmakers kick off the fifth annual
LGBT health month, LCA Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.
A study released last
month by the UCLA Williams Institute estimates some 77,000 more
LGBT youth will be subjected to the practice from either a licensed
health care professional or religious adviser — even though such programs have been discredited by every major
health and mental
health association in the country.