Out.comCelebritiesTV ShowsMoviesMusicDragInterviewsFashionLifestyleTravelOUT ExclusivesOUT 100
    ADVOCATEPrideOut TravelerPLUSADVOCATE CHANNEL
    Email NewsletterSubscribeSubscriber Services
    CONTACTAbout UsCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
    © 2025 Pride Publishing Inc.
    All Rights reserved
    Out MagazineOut Magazine

    Colorado Is Now the 18th State to Ban Conversion Therapy on Minors

    Mikelle Street

    Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

    Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.

    Read Full Bio
    Mikelle Street
    05/29/19
    MikelleStreet

    Scroll To Top

    By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.

    Accept
    All the States Where Conversion Therapy on Minors is Banned
      • Share using fb
      • Share using tw
      • Share using pt
      • Share using tl
      • Share using em
    • Close sharing options
    • Show sharing options

    All the States Where Conversion Therapy on Minors is Banned

    Conversion therapy is a dangerous, debunked series of methods that have existed since at least the 1970s that hope to change a patient's sexuality or gender. Over time, those practices have been found to be without scientific bases and have instead found to be harmful, leading to "depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior," according to the American Psychiatric Association. As more research came out the pseudoscience, some of its main proponents began to disavow it -- In June of 2013, Exodus International, a Christian group that was one of the leaders in the techniques apologized for the harm it had done and disbanded.

    In 2012, states began to outlaw the practice against minors under the age of 18, bolstered at times by organizations like the Human Rights Campaign, The Trevor Project, Born Perfect and more as well as major media attention. In 2018 there was a pop culture watershed moment with the release of films like Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

    Here are all of the states (and a few territories) that have outlawed conversion therapy, called by some the "gay cure," in chronological order.

    Grid Icon
      
    MikelleStreet
    close button
    PoliticsConversion Therapy
    Replay Gallery

    More Galleries

    The Tryst Puerto Vallarta grand opening.
    Travel & Nightlife

    The Tryst Puerto Vallarta is the perfect escape for gays to embrace their worst behavior

    May 02 2025 8:10 PM
    Robert De Nero Gabrielle Union Zaya Wade Dwane Wade Cher Chaz Bono
    Celebs
    Badge
    gallery

    Proud parents: Celebs who love and support their LGBTQ+ kids

    May 02 2025 8:57 AM
    New 'Boys! Boys! Boys!' podcast explores queer art and identity
    Entertainment

    New 'Boys! Boys! Boys!' podcast explores queer art and identity

    May 02 2025 8:19 AM
    renee montoya, onward, the rookie feds, under the bridge
    Entertainment
    Badge
    gallery

    29 of the dozens of lesbian cops in TV & movies

    April 26 2025 5:41 PM
    Every finalist queen on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' and their track records
    Television
    Badge
    gallery

    Every finalist queen on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' and their track records

    April 21 2025 10:06 AM
    'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' winners and finalists (with track records!)
    Television
    Badge
    gallery

    'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' winners and finalists (with track records!)

    April 18 2025 10:04 AM