"On March 25, 2025 (about two months into Trump's second presidential term), the three Republican U.S. Supreme Court justices installed by Trump helped grant certiorari to review Chiles v. Salazar, a case that could overturn the bans on conversion therapy for minors currently in place in 23 states."
"In June 2025, the Trump administration filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. The brief argued that the ban violated free speech and religious freedom rights and claimed there was not 'requisite evidence'"
"While his executive orders have targeted LGBTQ+-inclusive policies at educational and medical institutions (which essentially force transgender children to detransition), his pledges to defend religious liberty haven't really addressed conversion therapy, and he has no real ability to challenge state-level conversion therapy bans; although he is attempting to legitimize 'gender exploratory therapy,' an anti-trans form of conversion therapy."
The Trump administration is actively working to undermine state-level bans on conversion therapy, the discredited practice of attempting to change sexual orientation or gender identity. While Trump cannot directly overturn state bans, his administration filed an amicus brief opposing Colorado's conversion therapy ban, arguing it violates free speech and religious freedom rights. Three Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices granted certiorari to review a case that could overturn conversion therapy bans in 23 states. Additionally, Trump's executive orders target LGBTQ+-inclusive policies at educational and medical institutions, effectively forcing transgender children to detransition. The administration is simultaneously attempting to legitimize 'gender exploratory therapy,' which functions as an anti-transgender form of conversion therapy.
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