SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ kids on the grounds it violates the First Amendment. The high court sent the case back to a lower court for further study.  Still, this ruling puts similar laws in more than 20 other st ates, including California, at risk.  “Conversion therapy is psychological torture,” said State Senator Scott Wiener at a Tuesday afternoon rally outside San Francisco City Hall. “It is not possible to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity. You can't turn a gay or lesbian person straight. You can't convert a trans person to not be trans. We are who we are." Candidates confirmed for Inside California Politics governor’s debate on KRON4 Wiener was joined at the news conference by numerous other LGBTQ+ leaders in the Bay Area who called the Supreme Court ruling striking down the ban on conversion therapy for minors dangerous. “Folks who undergo conversion therapy suffer are more likely to suffer from depression and suicidal ideation,” said Tom Temprano with Equality California. “Conversion therapy is not medicine. It is not therapy. It is a lie built on the false premise that LGBTQ+ people is disorder and it needs to be corrected," said Gael Lala-Chavez, the executive director of LYRIC, a LGBTQ youth organization. “We know from every reputable medical association that conversion therapy is straight-up its quackery, and it is psychological torture,” Wiener said. While the Supreme Court ruling puts similar laws in more than 20 states, including California, at risk, it still allows those subject to conversion therapy the ability to sue for medical malpractice.  Now, Wiener has authored a bill to strengthen the ability of both minors and adults to file those lawsuits. “It extends the statute of limitations significantly, particularly for young people, so that they can have space to be able to file those lawsuits later in life,” Wiener said.  “And it makes clear that these claims will be governed by the scientific consensus that we have in the scientific research.” Wiener says if the bill is well-received in the legislature, they hope to get it to the governor’s desk by August. ...read more read less