MPR’s Alisa Roth reports that Minneapolis and St. Paul are proposing new city ordinances that would ban gay conversion therapy, the controversial treatment designed to change people’s sexual orientation or sexual identity.

The move comes after state lawmakers failed to pass a law banning the practice during the last legislative session. Backers’ hope is the ordinances will both end the use of conversion therapy and raise awareness about the practice.

This reporting is part of Call to Mind, our MPR initiative to foster new conversations about mental health.