by Beth Holmes | Dec 13, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Health, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Religion, Science, Sexuality, Transgender
Conversion therapy without full consent has been banned in Canada, after a unanimous vote in the House of Commons. So called ‘conversion therapy’ is a suite of practices meant to “cure” someone of same-sex attraction or gender nonconformity. Worldwide,...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 2, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Homophobia, LGBT community, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics
New Zealand is the latest country to take a hard look at conversion therapy, with new legislation introduced to ban the practice. When Jacinda Ardern ran for her second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister in 2020, ending conversion therapy for minors was one of...
by admin | Aug 19, 2020 | Equality, Featured, Human Rights, International, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Sexuality
Conversion Therapy, or therapy meant to alter one’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is a so-called treatment inflicted on LGBT people to allegedly make them straight and/or cisgender. Practitioners over the years have used techniques like aversion therapy...
by admin | May 20, 2020 | Bisexuality, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, LGBTQIA+, LGBTQIA+ Youth, News, Power LGBT, Queer Community, Sexuality, Transgender
In July 2018, the U.K. Government published their “LGBT Action Plan” a list of over 75 commitments to improving the lives of LGBT people in the United Kingdom. At the time, they said it was a priority to address banning “conversion therapy” on LGBT minors. But two...
by admin | Mar 28, 2019 | Featured, News
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBT civil rights group in the U.S., has suspended Google from its Corporate Equality Index—an annual report that ranks companies based on how LGBT-friendly they are. The decision was made after Google refused to pull a gay...