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UNITED KINGDOM — (04-11-22) — After two weeks of backlash over prime minister Boris Johnson’s failure to pass a ban on conversion therapy, his LGBT adviser went public on social media to say he was “dismayed” by the decision not to include transgender people in a ban on conversion practices. Boris Johnson's LGBT Adviser, Nick [...]
UNITED KINGDOM — (04-01-22) — Prime minister Boris Johnson is backtracking after fierce backlash after word leaked out that conservative ministers were planning to abandon plans to ban LGBT conversion therapy. The controversial Conversion therapy practices that claims to change or suppress a person’s sexuality or gender identity is something that Boris Johnson and his [...]
NEW YORK, NY – (02-19-22) – Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nation’s independent human rights expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, says that 69 States around the world currently criminalize homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights violations, two [...]
OTTAWA — (12-01-21) — Canada's House of Commons begins the holiday season by unanimously voting to ban LGBT conversion therapy with Bill C-4. Conversion therapy has been condemned by medical professionals in every civilized nation in the western hemisphere. The barbaric and debunked treatment to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity has been [...]
OTTAWA — (03-11-20) — Canada's Justice Minister David Lametti introduced a Bill to the House of Commons that would make it illegal to practice conversion therapy on a minor. “Conversion therapy is a cruel practice that can lead to life-long trauma, particularly for young people,” David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, [...]