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Today the Connecticut House of Representatives passed HB 6695, AAC The Protection of Youth from Conversion Therapy, by a vote of 141-8. Sponsored by Representative Jeff Currey and Senator Beth Bye, the bill has 100 co-sponsors and was approved by a unanimous vote of the Public Health Committee.

“We are thrilled with this vote to protect the well-being of Connecticut’s youth,” said Anne Stanback, speaking for the Connecticut Equality Coalition. “We look forward to the Senate vote and to the moment when this barbaric practice is banned in our state.”

Медицинские, психиатрические и детские организации, как государственные, так и национальные, выступают против практики конверсионной терапии, направленной на изменение сексуальной ориентации или гендерной идентичности человека. Обширная профессиональная литература показывает, что эта практика не только неэффективна в изменении сексуальной ориентации или гендерной идентичности, но и вредна для молодёжи. Молодые люди, прошедшие конверсионную терапию, подвержены повышенному риску депрессии, суицидальных мыслей и попыток самоубийства, а также употребления наркотиков.

Under the bill’s provisions, any licensed health professional who practices conversion therapy would be subject to discipline by the Department of Public Health up to and including the loss of their professional license

The Senate will take up the bill next. Governor Dannel Malloy has said he will sign the bill. Connecticut would join California, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont and Washington DC in banning the practice.

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