• JOIN NOW
  • E-LEARNING
  • you_tube_tpch

Tucson Pima Collaboration to End HomelessnessTucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness

Menu
  • About
    • About TPCH
      • Continuum of Care Board
      • General Council
    • TPCH Governing Documents
    • NOFA Documents
      • Fiscal Year 2023 CoC NOFO
      • Fiscal Year 2022 CoC & YHDP NOFO
      • Fiscal Year 2022 Supplemental NOFO
      • Fiscal Year 2021
      • Fiscal Year 2020
      • Fiscal Year 2019
      • Fiscal Year 2018
      • Fiscal Year 2017
    • Join TPCH
    • Ending Youth Homelessness
  • Data
    • Housing Inventory Charts (HIC) and Point In Time Counts (PIT)
    • Annual Homeless Assessment Reports (AHAR)
    • System Performance Measures
    • Quarterly Reports
    • Annual Performance Reports (APRs)
  • Committees
    • CoC PROGRAM GRANT COMMITTEE
    • COORDINATED ENTRY COMMITTEE
    • DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
    • HMIS COMMITTEE
    • SYSTEM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
    • YOUTH ACTION COMMITTEE (YAC)
    • COMMUNITY COALITIONS
    • ARCHIVED COMMITTEES
    • POINT IN TIME COUNT
  • News
  • Calendar
    • View the TPCH Web Calendar
    • Download the Printable 2023 Calendar
  • Resources
    • Get Help
    • Coordinated Entry for Homeless Services
    • Business Partnerships
    • Coronavirus Resource Guide
DONATE

TPCH Opposes SB 1325 – Conversion Therapy is dangerous and has no place in Arizona.

TPCH Opposes SB 1325 – Conversion Therapy is dangerous and has no place in Arizona.

by Jason Thorpe / Tuesday, 23 February 2021 / Published in Community, Featured, Now Happening
No SB1325

No on SB 13

 

“The SB 1325 striker amendment is needless and unjust,” said TPCH Board Chairperson, Daniela Figueroa. “It is devastating that the State legislature is spending time during the COVID-19 pandemic to legislate hate.”

TPCH opposes the striker amendment to Senate Bill 1325.  Arizona youth and families have a right to expect that a therapist practicing under a license from the state will not put them at risk of severe harm. Arizona has already rejected the dangerous and disavowed practice of so-called “conversion therapy.”  If passed, the proposed striker amendment will prevent any restrictions on this harmful practice by the State, professional licensing boards, local governments, and school boards. This bill undermines medical regulation and the public trust by opening a broad and unqualified loophole that would allow any provider to engage in abusive practices by claiming they are based on conscience or belief.

Take action today: Urge your state legislators to oppose the striker amendment to SB 1325.

Send an automated message to your state legislators

Read the amendment text

Check the bill’s status

How will this legislation hurt Arizona? What does this have to do with homelessness?

Legislation like the proposed SB 1325 striker amendment further stigmatizes and de-humanizes LGBTQ+ Arizonans. Local and national research consistently indicates heightened risk of homelessness and other harmful experiences among LGBTQ+ communities.

The 2015 United States Transgender Survey found that one in three transgender Americans experience homelessness at some point during their lifetimes and the National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found that LGBTQ+ youth are suffering.

  • 48% of LGBTQ+ youth reported engaging in self-harm in the past twelve months, including over 60% of transgender and non-binary youth.
  • 46% of LGBTQ+ youth report they wanted psychological or emotional counseling from a mental health professional but were unable to receive it in the past 12 months.
  • 10% of LGBTQ+ youth reported undergoing conversion therapy, with 78% reporting it occurred when they were under age 18.
  • 29% of LGBTQ+ youth have experienced homelessness, been kicked out, or run away.
  • 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ youth reported that they had been physically threatened or harmed in their lifetime due to their LGBTQ identity.
  • 61% of transgender and non-binary youth reported being prevented or discouraged from using a bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
  • 86% of LGBTQ+ youth said that recent politics have negatively impacted their well-being.

 

  • Home
  • About
  • Data
  • TPCH Committees & Community Coalitions
  • News
  • Resources
  • Sitemap

© Copyright 2018 Tucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness | Web Design by Tagline
Privacy Policy

Thank you for donating
to end homelessness!

Please make your check payable to TPCH.

Mail it to:
Tucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness
c/o City of Tucson Housing & Community Development

310 N. Commerce Park Loop
Santa Rita Building, 1st Floor
Tucson, AZ 85745

TOP Skip to content
Open toolbar Accessibility Tools

Accessibility Tools

  • Increase TextIncrease Text
  • Decrease TextDecrease Text
  • GrayscaleGrayscale
  • High ContrastHigh Contrast
  • Negative ContrastNegative Contrast
  • Light BackgroundLight Background
  • Links UnderlineLinks Underline
  • Readable FontReadable Font
  • Reset Reset
  • SitemapSitemap