Sentences with phrase «gay conversion»

We do not believe in or support gay conversion therapy.

New York State Legislator Burke's not - so - subtle reference to the vice president - elect would ban gay conversion therapy for minors within Erie County.

A major hit at Sundance this year (and Grand Jury Prize winner), The Miseducation of Cameron Post finds a career - best performance from Chloe Grace Moretz as a teen girl sent to a Christian gay conversion camp by her guardians in 1993 rural Pennsylvania.

A bill that would ban the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy by licensed mental health therapists in New York has picked up its first GOP co-sponsor.

The debate continues over a proposed ban on gay conversion therapy in Erie County.

Chloe Grace Moretz stars in the film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, about a teenage girl forced into gay conversion therapy by her guardians.

He chose PENCE because of Vice President Mike Pence's perceived position in support of federal funding for gay conversion therapy.

The prospect of government action against so - called gay conversion therapists grew yesterday, after it emerged it planned to respond to concerns about the practice when they are voiced in a parliamentary debate next week.

Shurka was one of nine speakers who attended a hearing before the Erie County Legislature Thursday, to urge legislators to support a proposed local law that would make gay conversion therapy programs illegal.

Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman play Conley's parents, while Edgerton takes on the role of gay conversion therapist Victor Sykes.

In New York, Gov. Cuomo has signed an order prohibiting health insurance companies from covering gay conversion therapy.

finds a career - best performance from Chloe Grace Moretz as a teen girl sent to a Christian gay conversion camp by her guardians in 1993 rural Pennsylvania.

Also in the prestige category of films we haven't seen yet but have Oscar bait written all over them: Boy Erased, the drama about a young Christian man who goes through gay conversion therapy.

The lobbying strategy for this bill has employed constituents in lawmakers» districts who have personal — and often rather harrowing — experiences with gay conversion therapy.

A bill that would punish some practitioners of harmful gay conversion therapy with jail sentences is advancing through Ireland's legislature.

Based on Garrard Conley's memoirs, Hedges plays Jared, the son of a Baptist preacher forced to participate in a church - supported gay conversion program.

The Erie County Legislature unanimously passed a law banning utilizing gay conversion therapy practices on minors in Erie County.

Burke recently introduced the Prevention of Emotional Neglect and Childhood Endangerment — PENCE, for short — to combat Vice President - Elect Mike Pence's proposed gay conversion therapy.

When he ran for Congress in 2000, Pence proposed transferring any HIV - AIDS prevention funding toward gay conversion therapy.

Languishing in the Senate are bills to ban toxic chemicals in children's toys and outlaw gay conversion therapy for minors.

Filming on the Assassin's Creed movie, which will almost certainly not feature gay conversions and squishable bosoms, has wrapped.

Based on the novel Emily M. Danforth, «The Miseducation of Cameron Post» focuses on a place that is a sad reality, despite its absurdity: religious gay conversion camps, where people learn to not like themselves or the love that makes them truly happy.

Fans of «Appropriate Behavior» won't be disappointed in Desiree Akhavan's sweet, compassionate yet brutally honest film about surviving gay conversion therapy.

This is the first image glimpsed in Desiree Akhavan's sophomore effort, an equal parts melancholy - and - optimistic gay conversion drama.

Still, his father gives him an ultimatum: attend gay conversion therapy, or move out.

In February, the Metro - Detroit Political Action Network organized a protest outside Metro City Church in Riverview, Michigan where the pastor was accused of administering gay conversion therapy.

But Mr. Burke, who helped pass measures like a ban on gay conversion therapy in Erie County, is skeptical.

Growing up in Arkansas, Conley was outed at age 19 and was threatened with being disowned unless he entered into gay conversion therapy.

Erie County legislators Thursday banned a controversial technique called gay conversion therapy.

The Erie County Legislature held a hearing on a local law banning gay conversion therapy.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz signed a law making gay conversion therapy illegal.

On Feb. 16, 2016, Cuomo issued a set of regulations banning public and private insurers from covering gay conversion therapy.

Burke chose PENCE because of Vice President Mike Pence's perceived position in support of federal funding for gay conversion therapy.

Vice President Mike Pence is a strong supporter of gay conversion therapy.

The New York State Assembly has passed a ban on gay conversion therapy for minors, the AP reports: On Monday the Democratic - led Assembly passed the ban 86 to 28.

«You mean Mike Pence, the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?»

The governing body was accused by a number of clergy earlier this week of failing to uphold the teaching of the Bible after it voted to bring about liturgies for welcoming transgender people and to ban gay conversion therapy.

And now, today, he has «reluctantly» signed a bill forbidding so - called «gay conversion therapy» in his state.

Gay conversion therapy is proven to be false.

While we were so busy with Prop 8, Chick Fil A, DOMA, and Rick Perry's strange idea of sniffing feces for gay conversion therapy we let the hate and ignorance spewed by politicans and some religious groups become our definition in the debate and therefore we are accountable for the evils which have been done to them.

Cameron's eventual expulsion to a gay conversion camp is heartbreaking but also holds a place of compassion for those who believe they're doing the right thing.

The government today rejected calls for a ban on gay conversion therapy, claiming that any regulation of psychotherapists would be too expensive.

«Every mental health organization in the country disapproves of conversion therapy,» said Shurka, 29, a New York City resident who travels the country to lobby for efforts to ban gay conversion therapy as part of the #BornPerfect campaign.

The gay conversion bill is moving swiftly at the Capitol, especially considering the fact that it was just introduced this year.

Kennedy was endorsed by the Stonewall Democrats of Western New York, who cited in a statement his support for the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act and for outlawing so - called gay conversion therapy.

In an email message, Richard Azzopardi, a Cuomo spokesman, told Gay City News, «Gay conversion therapy is a discredited and outrageous practice that has no place in New York.»

Maryland's House yesterday passed a ban on gay conversion therapy for minors 95 - 27 which had already passed the Senate.

The group pointed to Lasher's work in the attorney general's office as well as the legislative affairs director for Bloomberg in their endorsement announcement, saying he's worked on key issues for the LGBT community, such as a bill that would ban so - called gay conversion therapy.

Gay conversion therapy is the latest high - profile legislation that Christie has addressed in recent days, the others dealing with medical marijuana and his veto of a bill that would ban certain guns.