New Bill To Ban Conversion Therapy For Minors In Colorado

You might be asking what is conversion therapy? Conversion therapy is when mental health professionals try to change a person from being gay, bisexual or transgender by means of counseling, shock therapy, and other means.

House Bill 19-1129   prohibits a licensed physician from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient under 18 years of age. "Conversion therapy" according to HouseBill 19-1129  would make it against the law to change an individual's sexual orientation, including trying to change their behavior say they a are male and exhibit female mannerisms it would be illegal to try and change that. Same goes for female exhibiting male mannerisms it would be illegal to try and make her more feminine and exhibit more female mannerisms.

The birth certificate bill, called “Jude’s Law,” will make it easier for transgender people to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender that they want to become.