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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie clarified comments he made earlier this week and said he does not support conversion therapy. Christie, a Republican, did not say if he backs the bill that would ban the controversial therapy in the state, however.

The teen whose coming out speech went viral in January now aims to ban conversation therapy in New Jersey. His online petition currently has more than 100,000 signatures.

An "ex-gay" advocated who blogged about how religion "cured" him of his homosexuality was recently discovered using the infamous geosocial gay hookup app, Grindr.

LGBT rights groups have criticized Dr. Oz for airing an episode of his daytime program based on "ex-gay" therapy, where activists who suport the therapy discussed its benefits.

Four men have filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey-based conversion therapy group that claims it can rid men of same-sex attractions. The plaintiffs argue that the group’s methods are considered fraud under the state’s consumer protection laws.

The president of the anti-gay group Exodus International told the New York Times that reparative therapy was harmful and does not work and that the organization would no longer support the therapy.

Dr. Richard A. Isay, a prominent psychiatrist and gay rights advocate who said being gay was not an illness, died last week of cancer at the age of 77.

A judge ruled that officials from a Georgia college had the right to expel a counseling student because she expressed anti-gay views and wanted to practice conversion therapy on her clients.

Two men relate how their religious convictions (& their families) forced them into destructive ’ex-gay’ therapies, & how they survived their ordeals.

The California State Senate passed a bill that would protect minors from controversial "ex-gay" therapy, which some say can turn gays straight.