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August 16, 2022 - Harrisburg, PA

Gov. Wolf Signs Executive Order to Protect LGBTQIA+ Pennsylvanians from Conversion Therapy

Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy.

"Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat," said Gov. Wolf. "This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them."

The Executive Order directs commonwealth agencies to discourage conversion therapy in the commonwealth. It directs commonwealth agencies to take steps to actively promote evidence-based best practices for LGBTQIA+ individuals that is actually supported by the scientific and medical communities. It directs agencies to make updates to policies and procedures to better support LGBTQIA+ employees and the Pennsylvanians we serve. It also directs the Department of Human Services, the Insurance Department and Department of State and other appropriate agencies to explore and implement all options to ensure state funds, programs, contracts, and other resources are not used for the purposes of providing, authorizing, endorsing, reimbursing for, or referring for conversion therapy, to the extent permitted by law.

Speakers Include:
Rafael Alvarez Febo, Executive Director, LGBTQ Affairs Commission
Governor Tom Wolf
Commissioner Carla Christopher Wilson, LGBTQ Affairs Commission



Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_001.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_002.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Rafael Alvarez Febo, Executive Director, LGBTQ Affairs Commission speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_003.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Commissioner Carla Christopher Wilson, LGBTQ Affairs Commission speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_004.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf comforts Commissioner Carla Christopher Wilson, LGBTQ Affairs Commission as she speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_005.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_006.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_007.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_008.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf greeting supporters.  Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_009.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Commissioner Carla Christopher Wilson, LGBTQ Affairs Commission speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_010.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_011.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Rafael Alvarez Febo, Executive Director, LGBTQ Affairs Commission speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_012.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf thanking Rafael Alvarez Febo, Executive Director, LGBTQ Affairs Commission.  Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_013.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_014.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_015.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaks with the press.   Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_016.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_017.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_018.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_019.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2022-2 to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat, said Gov. Wolf. This discriminatory practice is widely rejected by medical and scientific professionals and has been proven to lead to worse mental health outcomes for LGBTQIA+ youth subjected to it. This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them. Harrisburg, PA  August 16, 2022<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22104_gov_eosigning_dz_020.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a>