conversion therapy
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A Conversion Therapy Survivor Is Fighting To End The Practice Nationwide
This dangerous and discredited practice is still legal in most parts of the United States.
Despite Progressive Neighbors, Hong Kong Remains Backward on LGBTQ Rights
The city lacks anti-discrimination laws for gay citizens and has funded "post gay" therapy, a practice closely linked to conversion therapy.
The Politician Who's Using Pence's Name to Ban Gay Conversion Therapy
Patrick Burke's proposed ban on conversion therapy—the draconian and wide discredited practice that claims to change a person's gender or sexual identity—is named "Prevention of Emotional Neglect and Childhood Endangerment," or PENCE. We talked to the...
The Beauty of Islam Brought Me Out of the Closet
I grew up in the evangelical household to rule all evangelical households—but it was an immersion in Islamic culture when I was a teenager that showed me who I really am.
How One Novelist Is Fighting Gay Conversion Therapy in Ecuador
In A Safe Place With You,' César L. Baquerizo unpacks the horrors of a practice still prevalent across much of Latin and South America.
Trump's America Includes Gay Conversion Therapy
"Freedom" and "safety," for the Republican Party, means freedom and safety for those who are a product of the "traditional marriage and family," and not for those marginalized Americans who need it most.
A Day at China’s Toughest Internet Addiction Rehab
Brain scans, conversion therapy, and “electric heroin” at the China Young Mental Development Base.
Canada’s Most Populous Province Just Banned Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ Youth
Ontario's legislature unanimously banned “any practice that seeks to change or direct the sexual orientation or gender identity of a patient under 18 years of age, including efforts to change or direct the patient’s behavior or gender expression."
Gay Conversion Therapy - Part 2
Conversion therapy is the practice of "curing" gay people by trying to turn them straight. The practice has been around for a while, but these days it's considered ineffective, harmful, and potentially deadly.
Gay Conversion Therapy - Part 1
Conversion therapy is the practice of "curing" gay people by trying to turn them straight. The practice has been around for a while, but these days it is considered ineffective, harmful, and potentially deadly.