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Robbinsdale businesses or organizations that practice or host gay conversion therapy events will likely face financial penalties in 2021. The Robbinsdale City Council’s first matter of new business this year was the first reading of a conversion therapy ban, which passed unanimously at the Jan. 5 meeting.

Activists and supporters of LGBTQ rights met the morning of Aug. 8 outside of Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church to protest an all-day seminar they believed was a form of gay conversion therapy. The seminar, titled “Distinctions: Discovering Biblical clarity in a sexually-confused world,” was delivered by Outpost Ministries, a faith-based public speaking organization.

A united St. Paul City Council approved a ban Wednesday on conversion therapy for minors, a widely discredited practice that seeks to change a person’s sexual identity or gender expression.

Trans Day of Visibility is Tuesday, March 31st 2020. TDOV is an international observance to celebrate transgender people around the globe and raise awareness of the challenges they face. To celebrate & honor #TDOV, we compiled stories from some of our supporters & community members across Minnesota! These stories are centered around visibility in healthcare and framed around 5 distinct topics: Stories of Competent & Inclusive Trans Healthcare, Challenges with Trans Healthcare, Needed Changes in Trans Healthcare, The Impact of Positive & Negative Experiences in Healthcare on Mental Health, and Stories on Visibility within the Healthcare System.

For Minnesota Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, this is personal. The veteran lawmaker is sponsoring legislation that would make conversion therapy for vulnerable adults and people under 18 illegal statewide.