Columbia has taken first step toward repealing a ban on conversion therapy meant to protect LGBTQ+ youth. Members of city council voted 4-3 Tuesday in favor of removing the ban.

Posted: June 24, 2025 | Last updated: July 11, 2025 Columbia City Council has officially repealed it's 2021 ban on conversion therapy for minors by a vote of 4 to 3.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia City Council will once again take up an ordinance that would thrown out the city's ban on conversion therapy for minors. The city released an agenda for the Tuesday ...

With the conversion therapy ban off the city’s books, Columbia will again be eligible to receive the $3.7 million in state dollars that would have been restricted if the ordinance remained.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia has taken first step toward repealing a ban on conversion therapy meant to protect LGBTQ+ youth. Members of city council voted 4-3 Tuesday in favor of ...

Columbia City Council faces backlash for moving to repeal South Carolina’s only conversion therapy ban, raising concerns for LGBTQ rights and home rule.

South Carolina State Representative Ways and Means Chairman Bruce Bannister, R-Greenville, and State Representative Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D-Charleston, speak as house members debate amendments to ...

The Columbia City Council chambers is at capacity ahead of the first vote on repealing the city’s ban on conversion therapy on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Joshua Boucher [email protected] ...

Nineteen states, including South Carolina, have no state laws or policies regulating conversion therapy, which has led hundreds of U.S. municipalities, including Columbia, to ban it for minors.

Columbia City Council faces backlash for moving to repeal South Carolina’s only conversion therapy ban, raising concerns for LGBTQ rights and home rule.

Nineteen states, including South Carolina, have no state laws or policies regulating conversion therapy, which has led hundreds of U.S. municipalities, including Columbia, to ban it for minors.