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Norman City Council passes conversion therapy ban

17 hrs ago A concerned citizen, Mary Francis, supports a conversion therapy ban and asks council to approve it at the Tuesday night special meeting. Mindy Ragan Wood / The Transcript Advocates against conversion therapy applauded the Norman City Council’s decision to ban the practice during a special session Tuesday night, while others claimed the city was acting outside its purview. The council adopted the ordinance unanimously. Ward 8 Matt Peacock was absent. Conversion therapy is a practice that attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual; it’s been called harmful and dangerous by the Human Rights Campaign, LGBTQ advocates and the American Psychiatric Association.

Commission to recommend conversion therapy ban to council

3 hrs ago Nathaniel Smith hangs up a pride poster May 3, 2019, during the Norman Pride Kick off at The Mercury. Norman’s Human Rights Commission will suggest that city council members approve a ban on conversion therapy for minors. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript NORMAN — The Norman Human Rights Commission voted unanimously Monday to recommend that the Norman City Council prohibit any medical professional from participating in conversion therapy with a minor. According to LGBTmap.org, there are currently no laws in Oklahoma prohibiting the dangerous practice of conversion therapy, which would make Norman the first city to do so. Legislation that would ban conversion therapy has been introduced at the state level during multiple legislative sessions, but has never been adopted as law.

Conversion therapy ban, scooters on council agenda

May 11, 2021 Bird scooters sit at a “nest” in front of The Norman Transcript parking lot at the corner of Comanche Street and Peters Avenue. The California-based company deposited dozens of the scooters around Norman early in mid August 2018. Transcript File Photo While the Oklahoma Legislature failed to enact a ban on conversion therapy, the Norman City Council could take a step toward adopting one Tuesday night. Councilors will discuss an ordinance tonight at the request of the Norman Human Rights Commission to ban “the use of city funds” to support or offer conversion therapy, a staff report shows. Conversion therapy — the theory that religious, psychiatric or physical means can be used to change a person’s sexual orientation from LGBTQ to a heterosexual — has been called harmful and dangerous by the Human Rights Campaign, LGBTQ advocates and the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

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