California recently banned all gay straightening therapy. Surgical gender modification remains legal.
And this is why I am so saddened about the once great state of California. Despite having lived most of my adult life out of state, in my heart I will always be a Californian. But the state I love seems to be dead.
The recent research (showing that male homosexuality may be a result of epigenetic modifications to the DNA, and therefore not genetic) actually suggests (to me) that therapy/behavior modification may be of great benefit in these cases. Maybe a drug regimen targeting specific neural pathways (and changing the epigenome) would be beneficial. Like most mental illnesses, homosexuality obviously causes a great deal of distress to its victims. Only a cruel and heartless ghoul would want to prevent them from receiving therapy that would help them live more normal, happy lives.