The Obama administration helped signal boost the petition in order to stop parents from subjecting their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children to conversion therapy practice.
A new study led by City College of New York psychologist Margaret Rosario found that youths of same-sex orientation are more likely to engage in behaviors associated with cancer risk than heterosexuals. The peer-reviewed findings appear in the February 2014 issue of the "American Journal of Public Health."