Louisville – the largest city in Kentucky, US with over 600,000 residents – has become the second area in the state to ban LGBTQ+ ‘conversion therapy’ following a vast majority vote from the local council. Covington was the first Kentucky city to outlaw the practise in March 2020.
The new legalisation prohibits any kind of practise that attempts ‘to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ+ youth’.
The Louisville Metro Council voted 24 to 1; the standout vote was Stuart Benson’s who had claimed during previous hearings that he didn’t ‘have enough facts’ to support the ban’.The controversial practise has been widely discredited and is known to cause trauma in those who are subjected to it.