Professional Organizations Opposed to Conversion Therapy

Mental Health Organizations

  • A Home Within
  • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, California Division
  • American Group Psychotherapy Association
  • American Mental Health Counselors Association
  • American Psychoanalytic Association
  • Aniz, Inc.
  • Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
  • Child and Adolescent Gender Center
  • Gaylesta: The LGBTQ Psychotherapy Association
  • GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality
  • Mental Health America
  • National Association for Children’s Behavioral Health
  • National Association of School Psychologists
  • National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
  • No Health without Mental Health
  • The Trevor Project
  • Witness Justice
  • Robert E. Diaz, LCSW
  • Jeanne Courtney, MFT

(Read the Open Letter From Mental Health Organizations)

Faith Leaders

  • Unitarian Universalist Association
  • Faith In America
  • Presbyterian Welcome
  • Religious Institute
  • Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER)
  • Rev. Dr. Constance M. Baugh
  • Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry
  • Rev. Brian D. Ellison, Executive Director, Covenant Network of Presbyterians
  • Rev. Dr. Marvin M. Ellison, Founder, Religious Coalition Against Discrimination
  • Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gady, President, Interfaith Alliance
  • Rev. Annie Gonzalez, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Associate, Unitarian Universalist Association
  • Rev. Debra W. Haffner, President and CEO, Religious Institute
  • Rev. Anita C. Hill, Acting Director, ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation
  • Min. Yeshua A. Holiday, National Liaison, TransSaints Ministry of the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries
  • Rev. Kierstin Homblette, Beloved Community Coordinator, Unitarian Universalist Congregations of Colorado
  • Rabbi Debra Kolodny, Executive Director, Nehirim
  • Rev. Kurt Kuhwald, Professor of Practical Arts & Prophetic Engagement, Starr King School for the Ministry
  • Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister, Middle Collegiate Church
  • Rev. Benjamin McKelahan, Pastor, Church of the Parables
  • Alex Patchin McNeill, Executive Director, More Light Presbyterians
  • Rev. Cheri Metier, Pastor, Revelation Christian Church
  • Rev. Mary M. Moore, Miami Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
  • Rev. J. Cody Nielsen, United Methodist Campus Minister, Wesley Foundation, University of Minnesota
  • Rev. Darlene Nipper, Deputy Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund
  • Chett Pritchett, Executive Director, Methodist Federation for Social Action
  • Rev. John Russell Stanger, Minister for Advocacy and Education, Presbyterian Welcome

(Read the Open Letter From Faith Leaders)

Youth Advocates

  • Advocates for Youth
  • Center for Children’s Law and Policy
  • Children’s Law Center
  • Children’s Law Center of California
  • Kentucky Youth Law Project, Inc.
  • Legal Services for Children
  • National Center for Youth Law
  • National Council on Crime and Delinquency
  • Pridelines Youth Services
  • Youth Law Center

(Read the Open Letter From Youth Advocates)

LGBT Groups

  • CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
  • Family Equality Council
  • Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
  • Gay-Straight Alliance Network
  • GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality
  • Human Rights Campaign
  • Interfaith Alliance
  • It Gets Better Project
  • Japanese American Citizens League
  • Log Cabin Republicans
  • Marriage Equality USA
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • National Council of Jewish Women
  • Transgender Law Center
  • The Trevor Project
  • True Colors Fund
  • All Under One Roof LGBT Advocates of S.E. Idaho (Pocatello, ID)
  • Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY)
  • Brooklyn Community Pride Center (Brooklyn, NY)
  • Center for Artistic Revolution (Little Rock, Arkansas)
  • Center on Halsted (Chicago, Illinois)
  • The Center (Wichita, Kansas)
  • Cimarron Alliance Equality Center (Oklahoma City, OK)
  • Colorado Springs Pride (Colorado Springs, CO)
  • Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Equality Kansas
  • Gay and Lesbian Services Organization of Lexington, Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
  • Hudson Pride Connections Center (Jersey City, NY)
  • Lesbian Gay Bisexual Community Center of Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, OH)
  • The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (New York, NY)
  • LGBT Center of Raleigh (Raleigh, NC)
  • LGBTQ Community Center Fund (Portland, OR)
  • LIKEME Lighthouse (Kansas City, MO)
  • Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center (Memphis, TN)
  • Milwaukee LGBT Community Center (Milwaukee, WI)
  • Montrose Center (Houston, TX)
  • New Haven Gay and Lesbian Community Center (New Haven, CT)
  • North County LGBTQ Resource Center (Oceanside, CA)
  • Oasis Youth Center (Tacoma, WA)
  • one•n•ten (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Outlinc (Lincoln, Nebraska)
  • OutCenter (Benton Harbor, MI)
  • OUTright Youth of Catawba Valley (Hickory, NC)
  • Pride Center of Vermont
  • Project TAG (Tyler, TX)
  • Rainbow Center (Tacoma, WA)
  • Resource Center (Dallas, TX)
  • Ruth Ellis Center (Highland Park, MI)
  • Dr. Delores A. Jacobs, CEO, The San Diego LGBT Community Center (San Diego, CA)
  • Staten Island LGBT Community Center (Staten Island, NY)
  • Time Out Youth Center (Charlotte, NC)
  • Triangle Community Center (Norwalk, CT)
  • Wichita Kansas Center (Wichita, KS)

(Read the Open Letter From LGBT Groups)

Reproductive Justice Groups

  • Advocates for Youth
  • Forward Together
  • Institute for Science and Human Values
  • National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
  • National Network of Abortion Funds
  • National Organization for Women
  • National Women’s Health Network
  • Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)

(Read the Open Letter From Reproductive Justice Groups)