State Rep. Celia Israel (D-Austin) of Texas House District 50 has filed a bill banning conversion therapy for consideration during the next session of the Texas Legislature which begins in January. Conversation therapy, also known as reparative therapy, is psychotherapy aimed at changing a person’s homosexuality, based on the view that homosexuality is a mental…
Anti-LGBT Conference in Texas Opens with Ex-Gay Flag Dancer
On November 17, the anti-LGBT hate group MassResistance opened it’s two-day conference, Truth 4 Teens: Countering the LGBT Agenda, with a flamboyant flag dance by an ex-gay man. “I have come to begin worshiping God with flags over the past two years, teaching in churches, conferences, art festivals and even making them by request,” the…
Trump Judicial Nominee from Texas Says Trans Kids Are Part of ‘Satan’s Plan’
One of President Donald Trump’s nominees for a federal judgeship in Texas is a notorious homophobe who supports conversion therapy, says marriage equality will lead to polygamy and bestiality, and maintains that trans kids are evidence of “Satan’s plan.” Jeff Mateer currently serves as the first assistant attorney general of Texas, a position he has…
Texas mental health professionals call for end to conversion therapy
Five Texas mental health professionals filed rule-making petitions on October 31 calling on state licensing boards to outlaw conversion therapy which seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation. The petitions were filed by Dr. Bert E. Johansson, M.D. (a physician), H. Michael Cunningham, Ph.D. (a psychologist), Katy Koonce, LCSW (a licensed clinical social worker), Jeff…