Conversion Therapy

In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."

The local governments and groups have filed requests during the past week to submit briefs in support of Palm Beach County and the city of Boca Raton, which sought a rehearing after a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month ruled that ordinances banning conversion therapy violated the First Amendment.

Critics say the therapy harms minors who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. But an Atlanta-based appeals court sided with therapists who challenged the ban's constitutionality.

A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, sided with marriage and family therapists Robert Otto and Julie Hamilton, who challenged the constitutionality of the county and city ordinances.

Despite a ban in 22 Florida communities, conversion therapy is a widespread practice in Florida, according to activists.

Amendment 4 restored voting rights to more than a million Florida residents with a felony conviction.

Therapists in Tampa are once again able to conduct the controversial procedure known as conversion therapy after a federal judge struck down a city ban on…

A Tampa federal magistrate has called for an end to a part of the city’s ban on conversion therapy, saying it infringes on the free speech rights of…

Tony Lima was one of 30 Broward County residents at Tuesday’s commission meeting. The executive director of SAVE , he spoke against conversion therapy...

Palm Beach County is the first county in Florida to ban conversion therapy for minors. County commissioners voted 5-2 Tuesday to ban the controversial...