Biden Signs Executive Order Aiming To Protect LGBTQ Youth And Cut Federal Funding To Conversion Therapy

The new date is Jun 15, 2022.

President Joe Biden ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to increase protections for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer children.

Following a number of state bills that seek to ban trans care, require trans youth to use only the bathroom that matches their sex at birth, and allow parents to question the sex of a student athlete, Biden issued an order in a Pride Month speech.

The executive order directed the Department of Health and Human Services to update its guidance in order to restrict federal funding for conversion therapy.

Senior White House officials argue that conversion therapy is dangerous and discredited because it increases the risk of youth suicide.

In a press call Wednesday, Biden said he was leaving it to the Department of Health and Human Services to lead an initiative to end conversion therapy in the U.S.

The Department of Education is being directed by Biden to issue a school policy to achieve full inclusion for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer students.

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The aim of conversion therapy is to change a child's sexual orientation. The Human Rights Campaign says conversion therapy has been rejected by every mainstream medical and mental health organization for decades.

The Don't Say Gay bill was signed into law by the governor.

Legislators want to check children's gender.

Transition care for Medicaid recipients is being banned.