Survivors are using new weapons in the battle against conversion therapy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : According to her site, Damkroger utilizes "an eclectic form of therapies," but there is no mention of efforts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
45% : Kentucky State Rep. Kim Banta, a Republican who is co-sponsoring the House version of the ban, said there are nearly 70 identified licensed therapists in Kentucky trying to change the sexuality or gender identity of minors, including nine in Northern Kentucky, where her district is.
42% : Last October, the council changed its code of conduct in order to allow social workers to refuse to serve clients based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
39% : LGBTQ adolescents subjected to efforts to change their sexual orientation or gender identity are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide, according to The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit.
29% : In the recent Netflix documentary "Pray Away," former leaders of Exodus International, once America's leading conversion therapy organization, express shame over perpetuating efforts to change people's sexual orientation and gender identity.

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