COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A northeastern Ohio county voted this week to become the state's first to outlaw anti-LGBTQ+ practices known as conversion therapy.

Cuyahoga County's council approved unanimously the ordinance on Tuesday, prohibiting healthcare professionals from engaging in conversion therapy with minors and some "vulnerable" adults. Condemned by the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Association, conversion therapy uses talk therapy and occasionally more invasive methods to convince a person to "reverse" their sexual orientation or gender identity, like reducing or eliminating same-sex attraction.

"The best thing I can say about [conversion therapy] is that it's medieval," said councilmember Michael Gallagher. "We really need to protect people, regardless of wh

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