Hawaii looks like it will be the next US state to outlaw therapies that aim to ‘cure’ minors of being homosexual.
The practice is already illegal in nine US states, as well as countries including Switzerland, Malta, Taiwan, some parts of Canada and there in the Australian state of Victoria.
Experts overwhelmingly agree that attempts to change people’s sexuality and completely futile and can often result in negative consequence for people’s mental health.
In the Hawaiian senate bill SB 270 was passed with little opposition. The bill bans activities that “engage in or attempt to engage in sexual orientation change efforts on a person under eighteen years of age”.
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