Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has publicly expressed his commitment to LGBTQ+ rights following a controversial vote by state GOP lawmakers that reinstated protections for conversion therapy. This discredited practice, aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, was banned by Beshear through an executive order in September 2024 due to its harmful effects. The recent vote also prohibited Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care. Beshear condemned the decision, emphasizing that such practices endanger children and reiterated his faith-based stance to protect all citizens.
So-called conversion therapy is a discredited practice in which malicious actors attempt to change a person's sexuality or gender identity through psychological manipulation, which is impossible.
Kentucky's Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, signed an executive order banning the spending of tax dollars on the discredited practice in September 2024, accusing it of 'endangering and even harming children.'
Beshear: 'My faith teaches me that all children are children of God. I wanted those children, who were being hated on, to know their governor cares for them...'
After the vote, Beshear said it 'has no place in our commonwealth or anywhere else,' highlighting his opposition to the reinstatement of conversion therapy.
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