This court action fixes a constitutional problem with the existing law by allowing talk therapy between willing counselors ...

Conversion therapy has been linked with anxiety, severe psychological distress, depression, alcohol abuse, and suicidality.

A Henrico County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday ordered that licensed counselors be allowed to engage underage clients in a ...

Virginia s ban on sexual orientation change efforts talk therapy for LGBT-identified minors, referred to by critics as gay ...

But now, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has decided to hear Chiles v. Salazar – a case that could overturn ...

The conversion therapy ban, which can be seen in Va. Code § 54.1-2409.5 and 18VAC115-20-130.14, was overturned on June 30 as ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials have agreed not to fully enforce a 2020 law banning conversion therapy for minors as ...

A Henrico court has issued an order allowing a form of the controversial practice of conversion therapy after a lawsuit filed ...

Columbia repealed its 2021 conversion therapy ban, ending a months-long fight with the state and disappointing the LGBTQ+ ...

The decree will prevent the state from disciplining counselors who engage in conversation “talk therapy” with LGBTQ youth.

People listen to the public comment period during a meeting of the Columbia City Council on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. The chambers are at capacity as the council heads to the first vote on repealing the ...

Arguments in the City Council chambers over conversion therapy boiled down to who truly loved queer youth and had their best ...