A study shows that after certain conversion therapy efforts, LGBTQ kids are nearly three times more likely to attempt suicide. Monday, we’re talking about it and about efforts to ban conversion therapy for youth in Utah.

A recent study shows that after certain conversion therapy efforts, LGBTQ youth are nearly three times more likely to attempt suicide. Advocates in Utah say there is no room for compromise when it comes to our most vulnerable kids, and they plan to introduce a bill to ban these therapies for youth. Monday, we’re talking about the effects and history of conversion therapy with Garrard Conley, author of the memoir Boy Erased. We’ll also talk to Troy Williams and Cliff Rosky about their efforts in Utah.

CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this article misrepresented a study of the Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University. The study found that LGBTQ kids whose parents try to change their sexual orientation by taking them to a therapist or religious leader for conversion therapy are nearly three times more likely to attempt suicide.

Equality Utah is publishing a series of videos that tell the stories of conversion therapy survivors in Utah. Here is Justin Utley's:

Watch our 2013 short film Transmormon, created in partnership with OHO Media.