ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s Democratic-led Assembly is set to take up bill banning licensed health officials from administering therapy to minors in the hopes of changing their sexual orientation.

Mathew Shurka, a native of Great Neck, describes himself as sexually uncomfortable as a result of five years of therapy to “cure” his homosexuality. Therapy for the 26-year-old began at age 16.

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