Analysis of questionnaires completed by 4,426 LGBTQ+ people in the USA suggests undergoing conversion practice targeting gender identity or sexual orientation is linked with symptoms of depression, ...

In short: Gay conversion therapy survivor Eamon McCaughan says banning the practice in NSW will save lives. He attempted suicide within two years of being exposed to the practice as a 17-year-old ...

So-called conversion therapies rely on the assumption that sexual orientation can be changed or “cured” – an idea discredited by major medical associations in the US, the UK and elsewhere. It’s often ...

People identifying as LGBTQ+ who have undergone conversion practice – commonly known as conversion therapy – are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study published in The ...

MADISON - In a ruling that gave the governor more power over how state laws are enacted, the Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy. In a 4-3 ...

Conversion "therapy" is banned in three states and territories, but no national ban exists. It is based on the idea that a person's sexual orientation or gender identity can be changed, suppressed or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Conversion therapy aimed at sexual orientation or gender identity increased symptoms of suicidality and PTSD.

Transgender people who undergo the widely discredited practice of gender conversion therapy are more likely to attempt suicide, research has revealed. The approach has no scientific basis but is sold ...

The organization told gay and bi men to strip naked, call each other anti-gay slurs, and cuddle with older men to receive "Golden Father Energy." The jury said that's not therapy. An appeals court in ...

Two years ago, in a testimony to the state of New Jersey, Benjamin Unger recounted how he was made to beat an effigy of his mother with a tennis racket. The action was part of a “treatment” meant to ...

The Human Rights Campaign says, “[C]onversion therapy can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide.” Nonetheless, the practice remains legal in 19 states (its status is being ...

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