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A federal appeals court will hear arguments on whether a first-of-its-kind law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals in California from offering therapies aimed at making gay and lesbian teenagers straight violates the rights of doctors.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie clarified comments he made earlier this week and said he does not support conversion therapy. Christie, a Republican, did not say if he backs the bill that would ban the controversial therapy in the state, however.

The teen whose coming out speech went viral in January now aims to ban conversation therapy in New Jersey. His online petition currently has more than 100,000 signatures.

An "ex-gay" advocated who blogged about how religion "cured" him of his homosexuality was recently discovered using the infamous geosocial gay hookup app, Grindr.

Two federal judges in California have arrived at opposite conclusions on whether the state’s first-of-its-kind law prohibiting licensed psychotherapists from trying to change the sexual orientations of gay minors violates the Constitution.

A federal judge temporarily blocked California from enforcing a first-of-its-kind law that bars licensed psychotherapists from working to change the sexual orientations of gay minors, but he limited the scope of his order to just the three providers.

LGBT rights groups have criticized Dr. Oz for airing an episode of his daytime program based on "ex-gay" therapy, where activists who suport the therapy discussed its benefits.

A California law prohibiting mental health providers from counseling gay minors on how to become straight faces its first legal test Friday.

Four men have filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey-based conversion therapy group that claims it can rid men of same-sex attractions. The plaintiffs argue that the group’s methods are considered fraud under the state’s consumer protection laws.

A Christian legal group has filed a lawsuit to overturn a first-of-its-kind California law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from practicing therapies aimed at making gay and lesbian teenagers straight.