Mental health counselors in Virginia are no longer barred from performing talk-based conversion therapy on minors, following the certification of a consent decree last month. The consent decree, a ...

The therapy practice tries to influence gender or sexuality identity and has been denounced by experts for negative effects ...

Virginia's ban on sexual orientation change efforts talk therapy for LGBT-identified minors, referred to by critics as "gay conversion therapy," has been effectively struck down following a legal ...

Virginia officials have agreed not to fully enforce a 2020 law banning conversion therapy for minors as part of an agreement ...

Virginia won't fully enforce its conversion therapy ban for minors after a lawsuit claimed it violated counselors' religious ...

A Henrico court judge overturned part of Virginia's 2020 ban on conversion therapy for kids last month. Why it matters: The ...

Sexual extortion, or “sextortion,” is now a separate crime in Kentucky. If a person tries to coerce someone into engaging in sexual conduct, producing pornography, or providing payment, they can now ...