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Joey Del Ponte

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Protecting LGBTQ+ Youth from Conversion Therapy

Conversion Therapy is built on the idea that being gay or trans is abnormal and must be “cured.” The harmful practice is unregulated and performed without consent on LGBTQ+ youth across the country by religious advisors and licensed healthcare professionals. There are currently 698,000 LGBTQ+ adults in the U.S. that have gone through conversion therapy, 350,000 of which were children at the time of treatment.

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Freedom of LGBTQIA+ Information

We’re here, we’re queer, let’s FOIA it.

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Emails reveal inner-workings of Virginia’s failed conversion therapy ban

Emails reveal inner-workings of Virginia’s failed conversion therapy ban

by Joey Del Ponte
November 30, 2018

Documents responsive to a request by Tom Nash shed light on a proposed conversion therapy ban in Virginia that failed last January. The documents include emails between experts and Doctor David Brown, Director of the Virginia Department of Health Professions, regarding a conversion therapy “workgroup” convened by Brown in October 2018, and a pair of bills, SB 245 and HB 363, seeking to ban the practice.

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Hawaii Becomes 12th state to ban conversion therapy for minors

Hawaii Becomes 12th state to ban conversion therapy for minors

by Joey Del Ponte
June 25, 2018

Last month, Governor of Hawaii David Ige signed a bill into law preventing state-licensed medical professionals from performing sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy on anyone under 18, making the state the 12th so far to implement a ban.

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FBI file contains evidence of a possible conspiracy behind the Moscone-Milk Assassinations

FBI file contains evidence of a possible conspiracy behind the Moscone-Milk Assassinations

by Joey Del Ponte
June 13, 2018

Despite ample evidence of premeditation, public knowledge of political and personal clashes, and a taped confession, Dan White was charged with voluntary manslaughter after he assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Previously processed Federal Bureau of Investigation records released to Emma Best reveal details about White’s alleged antisemitism and homophobia, and lend credence to accusations that the State’s prosecution of White was performed with “reckless and wanton disregard of normal prosecutorial standards.”

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FTC release records regarding the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act

FTC release records regarding the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act

by Joey Del Ponte
May 24, 2018

In response to a FOIA request back in February, the Federal Trade Commission released 101 pages of documents regarding conversion therapy, a majority of which concern the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017.

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Well into the '80s, the CIA was still using polygraphs to root out gay employees

Well into the ‘80s, the CIA was still using polygraphs to root out gay employees

by Joey Del Ponte
May 11, 2018

In a 1995 executive order, President Bill Clinton declared that “No inference concerning standards [for government employment] may be raised solely on the basis of the sexual orientation of the employee.” Leading up to the decision, the Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies had a long history of discrimination against gay employees, viewing their homosexuality as a gateway to blackmail, extortion, and treason.

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Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Letter from Sen. Patty Murray to Secretary Alex Azar Awaiting Response Department of Health and Human Services United States of America
Detainee Health Care - FY2015 Completed Immigration and Customs Enforcement United States of America
SGR Contracts (FY2018) Awaiting Response Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Massachusetts
MBTA’s State of Good Repair Database Fix Required Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Massachusetts
ICE Cooperation Policies (Saratoga County Sheriff) Completed Saratoga County Sheriff Saratoga County, NY

Recently Completed Requests See all

Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Restored Hope Network Incorporation Documents Completed secretary of state Oregon
Exodus International Incorporation Documents Completed Florida Department of State Florida
ICE Cooperation Policies (Saratoga County Sheriff) Completed Saratoga County Sheriff Saratoga County, NY
Mass Rabbits (Somerville City Clerk) Completed Somerville City Clerk Somerville, MA
Conversion Therapy (Office of the Governor - Hawaii) Completed Office of the Governor - Hawaii Hawaii

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