Minnesota inches toward LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ ban

A Minnesota House committee voted Wednesday to bar state health care providers from attempting to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity through “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that major medical associations have condemned as dangerous and ineffective. The measure approved Wednesday by the Minnesota House Human Services Policy Committee seeks to prevent licensed mental health care professionals in the state from engaging in conversion therapy with clients that are younger than 18 or are adults considered vulnerable under Minnesota law. The bill now heads to the state House...