接触： Anne Stanback, CT Equality: (860) 280-6896

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.”

各州和国家医疗、心理健康和儿童福利组织均反对性取向扭转疗法，即旨在改变个人性取向或性别认同的疗法。大量专业文献表明，这种疗法不仅无法有效改变性取向或性别认同，而且对青少年有害。接受过性取向扭转疗法的青少年患抑郁症、产生自杀念头和自杀行为以及吸食非法毒品的风险更高。

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.

Logo for Connecticut Equality Coaltion

CT Equality: Leading the fight for equality and justice for LGBTQ people in Connecticut