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In June 2016, Miami Beach banned conversion therapy for minors.
Now, over half of the approximately two dozen U.S. municipalities that have banned the discredited therapy are located in a single state: Florida.
And, as the Sun-Sentinel reported earlier this week, Broward County—which contains Fort Lauderdale, and has a population of nearly 2 million—is aiming to add to that number with a ban of their own.
... A well-organized network of LGBT Floridians have rapidly passed 17 local conversion therapy bans in as many months—a feat that no other state besides Ohio has even come close to replicating.
Now, over half of the approximately two dozen U.S. municipalities that have banned the discredited therapy are located in a single state: Florida.
And, as the Sun-Sentinel reported earlier this week, Broward County—which contains Fort Lauderdale, and has a population of nearly 2 million—is aiming to add to that number with a ban of their own.
... A well-organized network of LGBT Floridians have rapidly passed 17 local conversion therapy bans in as many months—a feat that no other state besides Ohio has even come close to replicating.
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