Tell Congress: Pass a Federal Ban on Conversion Therapy

The Supreme Court just took a major step toward greenlighting conversion therapy — a decision that could harm millions of LGTBQ+ kids.

Conversion therapy is a pseudoscientific practice condemned by every major medical association in the country — the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and dozens more. The United Nations classifies it as torture. Young people subjected to it are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide. It doesn't work. It causes lasting harm. And eight Supreme Court justices just cleared the way for it anyway.

We condemn this ruling and we demand Congress act now.

Tell Congress to pass a federal ban on conversion therapy and protect LGTBQ+ kids.

Here's exactly what happened — and what's at stake:

In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court ruled 8-1 that Colorado's 2019 ban on conversion therapy for minors likely violates the First Amendment by regulating a counselor's speech "based on viewpoint." The case was brought by Kaley Chiles, a Colorado Springs therapist backed by Alliance Defending Freedom — the same legal group that helped overturn Roe v. Wade and has racked up 16 Supreme Court wins since 2011.

The Trump administration sided with Chiles.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — the lone dissenter — read her dissent from the bench, warning the ruling "opens a dangerous can of worms," threatens states' authority to regulate medical care, and "risks grave harm to Americans' health and wellbeing." She was right.

The ruling is technically narrow — it sends the case back to a lower court rather than striking down Colorado's law outright. But the Supreme Court strongly signaled the ban should fall. And with more than 20 states holding similar laws, the precedent is a direct threat to protections for LGBTQ youth nationwide.

Add your name: tell Congress to protect LGBTQ youth and pass a federal ban on conversion therapy now.

In solidarity,

Action Collective