Legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which co-sponsored SB 1172.
Legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which co-sponsored SB 1172.
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Shannon Minter
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FROM Shannon Minter
Which Way, L.A.?
“Conversion Therapy:” Free Speech versus Science While advocates of “conversion therapies” claim they can turn gays and lesbians into heterosexuals, the state legislature recently banned them as potentially damaging to minor children. But the law might not go into effect because two federal judges have issued conflicting opinions involving regulatory powers and the 1st amendment.
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