Delray Beach, FL — Truth Wins Out today issued a strong condemnation of today’s Supreme Court ruling, Chiles v. Salazar, a Colorado case that ends restrictions in 27 states on so-called “conversion therapy for minors,” allowing practitioners to operate under the dangerously misleading classification of “talk therapy.” The organization warned that the decision enables discredited and destructive practices to persist, placing vulnerable LGBTQ individuals—particularly youth—at continued risk of psychological harm.
“This ruling is a profound failure of both logic and moral responsibility that confuses ‘free speech’ with ‘false speech’,” said Truth Wins Out Executive Director Wayne Besen. “It opens the door for quackery to flourish and allows practitioners of a thoroughly debunked practice to continue harming LGBTQ youth under a thin veneer of legitimacy.”
In response to the ruling, TWO announced that it will intensify its efforts to expose conversion therapy providers. “We are not backing down. If anything, this ruling strengthens our resolve. We will continue to shine a light on these practices and fight for a world where LGBTQ people are affirmed, not ‘treated.’”
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