Appeals court upholds ban on conversion therapy in Colorado

A federal appeals court has upheld a law to ban conversion therapy for minors in Colorado following a lawsuit which argued that the law infringed on free speech.

The ban on conversion therapy, also known as House Bill 1129, bans state-licensed mental health providers from trying to ‘reform’ a child’s trans or non-binary gender identity or same-sex attraction.

A lawsuit was filed against the ban, arguing that it violated free speech rights. However, in a 2-1 decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the law and refused a request to prevent the ban from being enacted.

Several LGBTQ+ advocacy groups supported the law and filed briefs to the court to argue that it was necessary to prevent LGBTQ+ youth from the “dangers of conversion therapy”.

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