On Tuesday, September 9 – as a statewide conversion therapy ban in the Ohio Statehouse stalls once more – Cuyahoga County became the first and only county in the state to ban conversion therapy practices for minors and “vulnerable adults.”
Cuyahoga County Council members voted unanimously in favor of the ban, which was sponsored by County Council’s first out gay member, District 6 Councilman Robert Schleper Jr – and co-sponsored by eight other council members out of the 11 seats in the chamber.
County Executive Chris Ronayne expressed public support for the ordinance and requested his name be added to the legislation as a co-sponsor ahead of the vote…