Writer/director Lukas Dhont’s “Close” (A24), winner of the Grand Prix at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, is also Belgium’s entry for the Oscar’s Best International Feature category.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A bill banning so-called conversion therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay young people is advancing in the Illinois Legislature.

(EDGE) Tennessee's highly criticized and recently adopted law allowing therapists to turn away LGBT clients due to their religious beliefs is receiving unsurprising support from a noted activist and therapist who is in the business of attempting to "turn" gays and lesbians straight.

JERUSALEM -- A leading American Jewish group promoting therapy it said could turn gays to heterosexuals was ordered shut in December by a New Jersey court, amid growing efforts in the U.S. to curb the generally discredited practice. But therapists with ties to the shuttered group say they have found a haven for their work in Israel.

What is the secret to success in Major League Baseball? In the case of former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies centerfielder Lenny Dykstra, it could be gay extortion. TMZ reports.

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Conversion therapy can continue in Palm Beach County, a court ruled last week.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ An attorney for a New Jersey couple says he'll appeal the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the state's ban on gay conversion therapy.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Legislation to prohibit Oklahoma from regulating the practice of so-called gay conversion therapy has been approved by a state House committee.

(WM) Officials in West Virginia’s capital city have introduced a proposal to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBT children.

WATCH: An advertisement for "Moschino Barbie", a limited edition Barbie Doll, features its first boy actor.

The City of Boynton Beach has banned the practice of conversion therapy on minors.

A proposed law by the Broward County Commision would ban the practice of gay conversion therapy on minors within the county.

(PGN) California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced his state Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention as “proudly pro-lesbian, pro-gay, pro-bisexual and pro-transgender.”

TRENTON, N.J. -- For the second time in nine months, a federal judge in New Jersey has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on gay conversion therapy.

(CNN) -- A university student has brought an unprecedented court case against China's Ministry of Education over school textbooks that she says "demonize" gays and lesbians.

BEIJING (AP) — A gay Chinese man said Thursday he was suing a psychological clinic for carrying out electric shocks intended to turn him straight, as well as the search engine giant Baidu for advertising the center.

Leaders from organizations that support people shedding their LGBT identities cheered last week’s ruling on conversion therapy in Palm Beach County.

Colorado mental health professionals would be barred from practicing gay conversion therapy with minors under a bill given initial approval Friday by the state House.

Have you ever wondered if you were born in the wrong era? That somehow you would have been a better fit in some other time? The Roaring Twenties, the social activism of the 60’s, perhaps the Age of Invention around the turn of the Twentieth Century? For most of my teenage years into adulthood, I felt like I was out of step with the times, listening to the beat of a different drummer.

Commissioner Justin Flippen doesn’t want the term “survivor” applied to anymore LGBT youth.

A bill that would ban the practice of administering gay conversion therapy to minors in Florida has advanced through the House and Senate.

The Cooper City commission passed a resolution in support of the Florida cities that are fighting to ban conversion therapy.

The number of cities in South Florida that still allow the practice of conversion therapy on minors is dwindling — yesterday one more city commission unanimously decided to ban the practice within city limits. 

The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council (PBCHRC) has been campaigning in cities throughout South Florida to ban the practice of conversion therapy, a collection of therapeutic methods aimed at “correcting” or changing an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity.

(WB) Efforts to ban so-called conversion therapy gained significant traction around the world in 2022.

(CNN) -- The mayor of Venice has hit back after singer Elton John rebuked him on Instagram for taking the controversial decision to ban children's books with same-sex references.

Here's an election guide for three counties: Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward. These candidates are not endorsed by SFGN — this list is for informative purposes only.

An ex-gay support group is crying foul as the city of Cincinnati, Ohio sends its conversion therapy cash cow to the slaughterhouse.

A Florida Republican has filed a bill that LGBT rights groups are calling a threat to progress.