THE NEW YORK TIMES: Colorado and more than 20 other states restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under age 18.
When Kaley Chiles welcomes therapy clients to her tranquil bungalow of an office, she offers loose-leaf tea and asks what brings them to counseling, what’s causing distress and how she can help them meet their goals.
Under a 2019 Colorado law, if clients under 18 tell her that their same-sex attractions are causing them stress, as a licensed therapist, she is forbidden from counseling them to change their sexual orientation. If they want to talk about their gender identity, she cannot advise them to change it.
Colorado lawmakers and major medical groups say that kind of counseling is ineffective and potentially harmful for minors, and it is therefore appropriate for state governments to outlaw it for licensed mental health professionals.
Mrs. Chiles, an evangelical Christian with a master’s degree in clinical mental health from Denver Seminary, says the law violates her First Amendment rights, constraining what she is allowed to say in therapy sessions with young people who have sought out her care. » | Ann E. Marimow | Reporting from Colorado Springs, Colo. | Sunday, October 5, 2025
Stop the abuse! These quacks have about as much chance of changing someone’s sexual orientation as an alchemist had of turning base metals into gold! It was eventually found out that it really couldn’t be done; and this can’t be done, either! Give up the struggle and accept people the way they are — the way God created them! It will save everyone a lot of time, a lot of money, a lot of wasted effort, a lot of heartache, and a hell of a lot of pain. — © Mark Alexander
