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California Governor Jerry Brown This is great news!!  These therapies are harmful to anyone undergoing them.  Governor Jerry Brown did the right thing by signing this bill. Via SFGate: California has become the first state in the country to ban controversial therapy practices that attempt to change the sexual orientation of minors after Gov.  Jerry Brown  signed a bill to outlaw them Saturday. The bill, SB1172 by Sen.  Ted Lieu , D-Torrance (Los Angeles County), bars mental health practitioners from performing so-called reparative therapy, which professional psychological organizations have said may cause harm. Gay rights groups have labeled them dangerous and abusive. "This bill bans non-scientific 'therapies' that have driven young people to depression and suicide. These practices have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery," Brown said in a statement to The Chronicle. Well sa...

There's no on-off switch for gays Governor Brown needs to hear from pro gay advocates to sign this bill.  SB 1172 would ban all the harmful ex-gay therapies for California minors.  These therapies have been proven to be both ineffective and harmful.   Make your voice heard!  Via TowleRoad: A bill  which was passed on August 30  that would ban harmful "ex-gay" therapy for minors has been sitting on Governor Jerry Brown's desk since then, and he has until midnight on Sunday to sign it. The Courage Campaign  writes : At any moment, Gov. Brown will make a decision on SB 1172. It's a bill, sponsored by Sen. Ted Lieu, that would end psychological abuse of minors in California by preventing ex-gay "therapy" from being performed on them by deceitful mental health professionals -- the kind of therapy that can lead to alienation, depression, and LGBT kids taking their own lives. Gov. Brown is under pressure from conservative, anti-gay organization...