Being gay is NOT a mental disorderand now there’s finally legislation that agrees. California Governor Jerry Brown approved a bill that bans the arguably “medieval practice” of gay-cure therapies on LGBT youth in his state.
The law, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender minors from all forms of “reparative” and conversion treatmentmental-health therapies that aim to “resolve” individuals’ gay attractions. Treatments range from noninvasive counseling to more traumatic forms of shock therapy and exorcism and can cause emotional damage, according to Huffington Post.
“These practices have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery,” Brown said as he marked yet another historic moment for gay rights progress this year.
