The war against the 'gay cure'

New anti-conversion campaign starts today |

Tuesday June 24th Send To A Friend Subscribe to TIME magazine 12 THINGS TO KNOW NOW The New Campaign to End Gay Conversion Therapy A new campaign called #BornPerfect launches Tuesday with a push to end the highly charged practice of "conversion therapy," which perpetuates the notion homosexuality is something that can be corrected. "It was pretty much mental torture," one person who underwent it tells TIME The Government's Scary New Anti-Smoking Campaign The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released the latest set of its heart-wrenching graphic ads—"Tips from Former Smokers"—to encourage America's 42 million smokers to kick the habit Mississippi's GOP Battle Comes to a Head Today The runoff vote today between Sen. Thad Cochran and State Sen. Chris McDaniel is a microcosm of the internal feud within the Republican Party This Is Why Your Local Cops Might Own a Tank A new report finds that police departments across the U.S. are becoming excessively and dangerously militarized, with guns, equipment and even vehicles formerly used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year With 'Selfie' Kerry Returns to Iraq, Seeks Kurds' Support Brazil, Mexico Advance to World Cup's Knockout Stage FBI Recovers 168 Children From Sex Trafficking Rings Across the U.S. Outrage Follows Egypt's Sentencing of 3 Al-Jazeera Journalists Aid Group Says Ebola Outbreak Is 'Out of Control' These Are the Highest-Grossing Movies of the Year (So Far) Prince Wrote a Song About an Internet Meme To Unsubscribe You have received this e-mail because you are subscribed to this newsletter from TIME.com. Unsubscribe here. Email Opt-Outs Click here for more information on how to opt-out of marketing communications from us and our partners, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://timeinc.net/subs/privacy/td/emailprivacy.html Privacy Policy Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://timeinc.net/subs/privacy/td/policy.html For Further Communication, Please Contact: TIME Customer Service 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408 Connect with TIME