Netflix’s ‘Pray Away’ Looks Behind The Curtain of The ‘Ex-Gay’ Movement
Filmmaker Kristine Stolakis said she was driven to explore the controversial movement after the sudden death of her uncle, a conversion therapy survivor. Check out the original story here: NBC Out. When American documentarian Kristine Stolakis set out to make her debut feature film, she knew she wanted to shine…
North Dakota Finds Novel Way to Ban Most Conversion Therapy
North Dakota has found a way to largely ban conversion therapy without going through the full legislature.
Christians Have Been Trying to Convert Me For Years. I Don’t Need to Be Saved.
I’m perfect just as I am and I’m Jewish. Hey Tom Cantor, If Jesus were so wonderful, you wouldn’t have to promote him through the mail like a free sample of toothpaste or garbage bags. Instead, people would come flocking to him on their own by attraction. I’m a proud…
U.N. Calls for Global End to Conversion Therapy, Says It ‘May Amount to Torture’
The practice, which aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is currently banned in just five countries. The United Nations released a report documenting the global reach and impact of gay and transgender “conversion therapy,” calling for nations around the world to work to ban the scientifically…
Virginia Is First Southern State to Ban LGBTQ Conversion Therapy
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation on Monday making the use of so-called LGBTQ conversion therapy illegal on minors, with the cCommonwealth becoming the 20th state and first state in the South to ban the discredited, dangerous practice. “At the Trevor Project, we hear from LGBTQ youth in crisis every…
Florida Republicans Submit 4 Anti-Gay Bills on Last Day to File
The bills would repeal LGBTQ antidiscrimination ordinances, criminalize trans health care for minors and allow conversion therapy in places that had banned it. Seven Republican lawmakers in Florida filed anti-LGBTQ bills late Monday, just hours before the deadline to file new bills for the coming legislative session. If passed, the…
American Medical Association Backs Nationwide Conversion Therapy Ban
The leading medical group throws its weight behind ending the discredited practice of trying to change one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to support state and federal efforts to ban gay conversion therapy, throwing the weight of America’s medical establishment behind ending the…
“Ex-Gay” Conversion Therapy Leader Denounces the Practice, Comes Out: “I Was Wrong”
“Conversion therapy is not just a lie, but it’s very harmful. Because it’s false advertising.” One of the original leaders of the contemporary gay “conversion therapy” movement has denounced the harmful practice—and offered up very personal proof of why it doesn’t work. McKrae Game, who founded the South Carolina–based conversion…
City becomes sixth in Wisconsin to ban conversion therapy
The city of Racine in Wisconsin has become the sixth in the state to outlaw conversion therapy for anyone under the age of 18. 18 states in the US, including New York and California, have currently banned conversion therapy state-wide, but Wisconsin is not yet one of them and relies on individual…
Maine Bans Conversion Therapy For LGBTQ Youth
Gov. Janet Mills said the “harmful, widely discredited practice” has “no place” in her state while signing the bill into law. AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine banned gay conversion therapy for minors on Wednesday, joining more than a dozen other states that have outlawed the controversial practice. Democratic Gov. Janet…
Puerto Rico Bans Conversion Therapy
The House refused to vote on a bill banning the dangerous practice, so the governor got it done with an executive order. Puerto Rico has banned so-called “conversion therapy” on minors. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed an executive order on Wednesday banning the dangerous and discredited practice that claims to be…
Former Conversion Therapist Says He’s ‘Choosing To Pursue Life As A Gay Man’
A Utah-based proponent of the medically denounced practice of so-called gay conversion therapy has announced that he identifies as gay. David Matheson, a practicing Mormon, told the LGBTQ nonprofit Truth Wins Out late Sunday that he has “embarked on a new life-giving path that has already started a whole new growth…