FILE PHOTO: A rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, blows in the wind inside Christopher Park outside the Stonewall Inn in New York, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
(Reuters) - Utah has became the 19th U.S. state to ban conversion therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation or gender identity in lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and queer children.
The ban in the Republican-dominated state, which took effect on Wednesday, exempts members of the clergy, lay pastors, and spiritual counsellors not licensed by the state from the ban.
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