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19 02, 2022

UN Human Rights Expert Fighting to Eliminate Conversion Therapy and decriminalizing homosexuality

2026-09-29T22:13:15-07:00February 19th, 2022|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

1 12, 2021

Canada’s House of Commons Bans LGBT Conversion Therapy

2026-09-29T22:13:15-07:00December 1st, 2021|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

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 [...]

14 09, 2021

DOJ Investigating Georgia Prisons after LGBT assaults, 44 inmate deaths

2025-11-20T14:30:04-08:00September 14th, 2021|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

WASHINGTON D.C. — (09-14-21) — The Biden Administration's Justice Department on Tuesday announced a sweeping investigation into the Georgia state prison system plagued with an extreme culture of violence and neglect against LGBT inmates, staffing shortages and the alarming number of 44 inmate deaths by homicide since last year. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke told [...]

11 03, 2020

Canada Bill Banning Gay Conversion Therapy Introduced

2026-09-29T22:13:15-07:00March 11th, 2020|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

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, [...]

3 08, 2019

North Carolina Governor Bans Funding of Conversion Therapy

2026-09-29T22:13:16-07:00August 3rd, 2019|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

RALEIGH, NC — (08-03-19) — North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper made history on Friday, when he signed executive order No. 97, banning state-sponsored conversion therapy funding on LGBTQ youths. Governor Cooper directed North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to cease the use of federal and state funds for the harmful and discredited practice [...]

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