Legal basement apartments are finally coming to New York City. Last week, the Department of Buildings launched an online application for homeowners who want to modify their basements — and also their ...

The Supreme Court seemed ready on Tuesday to side with an Evangelical Christian therapist who objects to a Colorado law that she maintains violates her free speech rights. If the court rules in her ...

Conversion therapy ‒ the practice of attempting to alter someone's sexual orientation or gender identity through a variety of methods ‒ has long been debunked by scientists, doctors and survivors ...

WASHINGTON — The nine Supreme Court justices splintered Tuesday over a challenge to a Colorado law banning licensed mental health professionals from performing voluntary conversion therapy to change ...

A Colorado law banning so-called conversion therapy to “cure” minors of being gay or transgender was scrutinized Tuesday in arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, which is considering whether the ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a closely watched case about whether counseling services for minors facing gender identity and sexual orientation questions are protected by the First ...

Half the states restrict efforts to change a person's identity in treatment. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Conversion therapy, or the attempt to change a patient’s sexual orientation or gender identity ...

Chiles petitioned the high court to determine whether the law “censors certain conversations between counselors and their clients,” violates free speech protections. Both Chiles and conservative court ...

The Supreme Court’s decision in a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors would have implications for many states with similar laws. By Amy Harmon It was in 2012, three years ...

The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful. By Ellen Barry As a teenager, Julie Rodgers attended Tuesday night group therapy sessions in which young ...

The US Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is constitutional ...