Biden’s LGBTQI+ Executive Order Seen by Some as an Attack on Civil Rights

Jul 24, 2022 by

by Steven Kovac, Epoch Times:

In a 10-page executive order issued on June 15, President Joe Biden declared war on conversion therapy and pledged to defend the LGBTQI+ community from various forms of discrimination.

The order, which was accompanied by a seven-page explanation, is one more salvo in the clash of rights that has arisen in recent years over transgender issues.

The order describes conversion therapy as “efforts to suppress or change an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”

Keeping a campaign promise he made to the LGBTQI+ community, Biden called for an administration-wide push to eliminate the use of conversion therapy by therapists across the nation. He described it as a “harmful” and “discredited practice that research indicates can cause significant harm, including higher suicide rates…”

“My administration must safeguard LGBTQI+ youth from dangerous practices like so-called ‘conversion therapy,’” said Biden.

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