Aid agencies: Make sure you’re not funding anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’
Our reporters found that this damaging ‘treatment’ was being offered at health facilities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Spanish government questioned about openDemocracy ‘conversion therapy’ findings
Following revelations that African clinics run by aid-funded groups offer anti-gay ‘therapy,’ a centre-Right party demands answers in Spain
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