To save a ban on gay conversion therapy, New York will repeal it

New York • Nearly two years ago, the New York City Council celebrated when it passed a far-reaching ban on conversion therapy, a discredited practice to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.On Thursday, Corey Johnson, the gay, HIV-positive speaker of the council, said that the council would act swiftly to repeal the ban.The move is a gambit designed to neutralize a federal lawsuit filed against the city by a conservative Christian legal organization; if the case wer