A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision opens a new path for the controversial practice known as “conversion therapy”, a method aimed at questioning or even changing a person’s sexual orientation. More than 20 states ban the practice. It is condemned by major medial establishments including the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association. LGBTQ2+ advocates at the Trevor Project call the Supreme Court’s ruling a “tragic step backward“. It is also one in the growing number of legal and policy challenges ranging from a ban on Pride flags to defunding HIV/AIDS treatment. We’ll hear from Native LGBTQ and Two-Spirit advocates and legal experts about the landscape for LGBTQ2 protections.
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GUESTS
State Rep. Liish Kozlowski (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/D-MN/they/them), first trans non-binary person elected to the Minnesota Legislature
Shelby Chestnut (Assiniboine/they/he), executive director of the Transgender Law Center
Lenny Hayes (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate/they/he), owner and executive director of Tate Topa Consulting, LLC
Mattee Jim (Diné/she/her), Native transgender advocate
