Supreme Court Backs Conversion Therapy, LGBTQ Advocates Fight Back

0:00It's March 31st. I'm Cory with the story, and this is entertainment and celebrity news today. Your AI-powered entertainment report. The Supreme Court just struck down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ kids, framing it as protected speech, instead of harmful medical. Practice. Gerard Conley, author of The Memoir, Boy Erased, says the ruling hit him hard, like all his years of advocacy got dismissed in one go. Conley's book lays out his own story from back in 2004, when he was a 19-year-old facing an ultimatum from his Baptist pastor. Dad go to the Love and Action program, or lose family support. That place ran like a twisted 12-step setup, grouping folks with all kinds of issues under one roof. Right after the news dropped on March 31st, Conley called his mom, and she nailed it. What happens to him was speech that causes real damage, especially from trusted people. He described the court's words as an alien language, dodging science to treat queer identities like debatable opinions.

1:03Now, this decision puts bands and other states on shaky ground, opening doors to more of these discredited practices everywhere. Conley worries it's backpedaling on proven harm to kids and families. Medical groups have long trash conversion therapy as pseudoscience that traumatizes youth and shreds communities, so groups like the human rights. Campaign are fired up, pushing back hard to protect the next generation from this mess.