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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisUK conversion therapy ban must include trans people, say campaigners
Government’s proposed ban leaves all LGBT people vulnerable because anti-trans practices harm cis people too
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Published in: Home: NewsTories attacking trans rights to court transphobic voters, says ex-adviser
Boris Johnson’s U-turn over protecting trans people in the conversion therapy ban is an attempt to appeal to Tory...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerExplainer: What is ‘conversion therapy’?
The UK government has reportedly stepped back from including protections for trans people in its banning of...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsGoogle, Facebook and Amazon turn blind eye to anti-gay disinformation
Revealed: Tech companies are doing little to stop propaganda about ‘conversion therapy’, especially in non-English languages
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Published in: 50.50: NewsPsychologists investigated for practising ‘conversion therapy’ in Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s professional association of psychologists is investigating two members accused of conducting anti-gay...
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Published in: 50.50: News‘We need a full ban on conversion therapy, without exemptions’
We heard from LGBTQI advocates about the devastating consequences of so-called 'treatments' aimed at changing a...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAre you a victim of ‘conversion therapy’? This is what you can do
Mathew Shurka, co-founder of the US campaign Born Perfect, explains what action to take if you or someone you know...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHomosexuality is a ‘distortion caused by Satan’
A pastor in Costa Rica tells our undercover reporter that prayer, Bible study and Christian music can help to change...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionEvangelical Christian groups flout the law – again
Christian Right groups promoting anti-LGBT practices in the US and abroad, despite bans, is nothing new: they’ve...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationGive up sex, say priest and psychologist to young LGBTQ in Guatemala
Therapist linked to Catholic US group Courage International prescribes ‘chastity’ in anti-gay session, openDemocracy...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationUS Christian Right group accused of promoting anti-LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’
Focus on the Family puts LGBTQ people in touch with counsellors who say they will ‘treat’ them – even in states...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTherapists backed by US groups tell LGBTQ Costa Ricans that homosexuality is ‘wrong’
Foreign affiliates of Focus on the Family and Exodus Global Alliance promote anti-gay ‘therapy’, openDemocracy...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsSpanish 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...
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Published in: Live discussionsHow to end anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ around the world
Anti-gay ‘conversion therapy’ – the attempt to change, suppress or divert a person’s sexual orientation, gender...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I was afraid I was going to die’: Kenyan survivor of ‘conversion therapy’
Survivors of anti-LGBT ‘treatments’ in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda describe effects on their mental health, family...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHospitals across East Africa offer controversial anti-gay counselling
Six-month openDemocracy investigation reveals ‘degrading and discriminatory’ treatment at health centres in Kenya,...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureAfrican activists show how churches can make space for queer people
Undeterred by threats and claims that they are ‘un-African’, these activists are making Christianity more inclusive
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureUS cities lead action to ban anti-LGBT ‘conversion therapy’
Despite opposition from the religious Right, activists are winning campaigns to outlaw practices that seek to ‘cure’...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAnti-gay ‘therapy’ offered at Uganda health centres run by aid-funded groups
Major hospitals also offered undercover reporters counselling to ‘change’ their sexual orientation. Health experts...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationAid donors to investigate anti-gay ‘therapy’ revealed by openDemocracy
Major NGOs that run clinics in Kenya and Tanzania also pledge action against ‘abhorrent’ practices to ‘change’...