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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Despite legal ban, gay conversion therapy still happens in California

    Yesterday the Supreme Court upheld a California law that bans gay conversion therapy. That law has been in place since 2012 and was the first of its kind in the country. It bans licensed therapists, doctors, and social workers from using conversion techniques on children.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 2, 2017 • 1 min read

    Yesterday the Supreme Court upheld a California law that bans gay conversion therapy. That law has been in place since 2012 and was the first of its kind in the country. It bans licensed therapists, doctors, and social workers from using conversion techniques on children. But it doesn’t restrict religious leaders and religious groups from continuing the practice, which does still happen in California behind closed doors.

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Gay conversion therapy persists in California, despite SCOTUS ban
    1. 0:00Gay men reportedly detained and abused in Chechnya
    2. 7:23Despite legal ban, gay conversion therapy still happens in CaliforniaYou’re reading this
    3. 16:12Major chicken producer violates safety rules and immigration law to bring you chicken nuggets
    4. 25:49Osage tribe got rich from oil, became targets of murder conspiracy
    5. 42:52Warmer oceans and more great white sharks along California's coast
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