The New York City Council has moved to reverse the ban on conversion therapy in order to prevent a Supreme Court challenge because of anti-LGBTQ groups. The state law banning conversion therapy to minors still applies.
According to Politico, Johnson said that LGBTQ advocates asked him to repeal the New York City law because they were worried that the lawsuit from Alliance Defending Freedom could have far-reaching ramifications. The New York state law will still protect minors from conversion therapy, and Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, told Politico that adults can sue conversion therapy providers under the consumer fraud protection act.
“I’m heartened that the City Council pulled back a statute that could undermine efforts nationally to end conversion therapy because it might be viewed as overly broad,” State Senator Brad Hoylman, who sponsored the state law and is New York’s only out gay senator, told . “The legal climate is less favorable at the federal level for the L.G.B.T.Q. community. We crafted the law specifically to pass a legal challenge because we knew this was an area that anti-L.G.B.T. legal forces were exploring.”
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