Conversion Therapy and The Consequences of Legalizing Harm

Listen to this episode from How Is This Better? on Spotify. This week on How Is This Better? – Akilah Hughes talks with civil rights attorney and conversion therapy survivor Ryan Kendall, as the Supreme Court takes up Chiles v. Salazar—a case that could reopen the door to "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ minors. Ryan shares his story of surviving so-called “therapy” as a teenager in Colorado Springs, what it cost him, and why the Court’s decision could legalize a new era of psychological abuse under the guise of “free speech.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices