GOP quietly push ‘conversion therapy’ bills in anti-LGBT fight

Mathew Shurka, co-founder of the Born Perfect campaign, is a survivor of so-called conversion therapy. He said there’s never been anything like Republicans’ current efforts to protect the dangerous practice. (Photo: DESIREE NAVARRO/GETTY IMAGES)

Anti-LGBTQ legislation is flooding state legislatures as Republicans return to their familiar strategy of demonizing marginalized populations to mobilize their base following recent election losses. 

There are more than 200 such bills currently under consideration by state legislatures, according to the