Findings.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 28-254
in effectSec. 28-254. - Findings.
Medical, mental health, and child welfare experts have denounced conversion therapy or reparative therapy as ineffective, unreliable and unsafe for the people, including LGBTQ minors, who undergo such treatment. Conversion therapies or reparative therapies are based on the discredited premise that being LGBTQ is a mental disorder that can be cured or corrected. LGBTQ people must be free from ineffective and fraudulent conversion treatments that cause harm to mental health and wellbeing. Based on the foregoing, and due to the serious and dangerous harms caused to minors subjected to conversion therapy or reparative therapy, the city council finds and declares that a compelling interest exists in protecting the health and psychological well-being of minors by protecting them, including LGBTQ minors, from conversion therapy in the city and by limiting the risk of serious harm to LGBTQ minors caused by the exposure to conversion therapy.
(Ord. No. 1508-18, § 1, 1-7-19)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH28HURI_ARTIXPRCOTH_S28-254FIFetched: 10/27/2026