The Key West City Commission plans to vote on a proposal to make conversion therapy a crime.

The vote is scheduled for Wednesday evening. Commissioner Jimmy Weekley told The Citizen the ordinance would protect "our young people from any damage" from psychologists trying to reverse a patient's sexual orientation with the practice known as conversion therapy.

The ordinance cites many groups who have condemned the practice, including the , the and the of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Officials in Miami, Miami Beach and West Palm Beach passed similar measures in 2016. A statewide bill banning conversion therapy on minors failed during the last legislative session.

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