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Health and Wellness
Conversion therapy is costing the United States billions of dollars every year
About 10 percent of LGBTQ people will undergo some form of sexual orientation or gender identity change effort, typically as a youth.
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Life
Ryan Murphy’s parents tried to put him into conversion therapy as a teen
After prom, Murphy’s parents took him to a shrink to try and “cure” his homosexuality. What the doctor said surprised them all.
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News (USA)
Biden’s virtual fundraiser was filled with a surprising number of LGBTQ moments but one stands out
He was about to call Aimee Stephens, the Supreme Court plaintiff suing for trans employment rights, when his aide stopped him.
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News (World)
Germany just banned ex-gay therapy. Some lawmakers want the new law to go further.
The “therapy” methods include not shaking hands with anyone of the same gender, beating a pillow, cuddling with another man “platonically,” and not listening to music.
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News (World)
Canada may soon have the world’s “most progressive and comprehensive” conversion therapy ban
The bill would even ban sending family members abroad for conversion therapy.
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News (USA)
The American Medical Association announces it will push to ban conversion therapy
Soon-to-be physicians want to advocate for legislation ending conversion therapy, train medical staff on sexual orientation and gender identity, and close the pay gap among other recommendations.
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News (USA)
Ex-gays are going to D.C. to lobby against LGBTQ laws
They say that LGBTQ people aren’t discriminated against because there are some queer scientists and politicians.
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News (USA)
Federal judge rejects hate group’s attempt to overturn ‘ex-gay’ therapy ban in Maryland
The hate group behind most legal challenges to LGBTQ rights keeps failing to overturn ex-gay therapy bans in court.
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News (USA)
GOP Congressmen push Amazon to sell ‘ex-gay’ therapy books because gays wield ‘extravagant’ power
“How long until the most widely read book in the world is banned because it takes a dim view of homosexuality?” the GOP is asking
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Life
Conversion therapy bill dies at the hand of gay politician in California
A conversion therapy bill was squashed by its sponsor – and he’s openly gay.