Articles about Gay Conversion Therapy

29 March 2013
Spain: University professor says women should stay with violent husbands and that gay people can be ‘cured’ 20 A Spanish academic has come under fire for allegedly saying homosexuality is “curable” and that pregnancy through rape was effectively God's way of compensating the victim.
22 March 2013
Christian Legal Centre: High Court anti-gay bus ruling is a victory for Christian freedom 78 The Christian Legal Centre’s Director, Andrea Minichiello Williams, has responded to Friday’s High Court ruling concerning a Transport for London ban on homophobic bus adverts and says it's a “victory” for Christian freedom.
22 March 2013
US: New Jersey Governor announces opposition to ‘gay cure’ therapy 7 The Governor or New Jersey has official announced his opposition to gay conversion therapy, after previously saying he had been undecided on the issue.
22 March 2013
Peter Tatchell: ‘Anti-gay London bus advert ban wrong’ 101 Responding to Friday’s High Court ruling, Peter Tatchell writes that Core Issues Trust should have been allowed to place anti-gay adverts on buses in the capital – in the name of free speech – despite their offensive message.
22 March 2013
UK: Christian group given right to appeal High Court gay ‘cure’ bus advert ruling 15 A judge at the High Court has granted the Christian group Core Issues Trust permission to appeal Friday’s ruling which deemed a Transport for London ban on homophobic bus adverts lawful.
22 March 2013
High Court backs Transport for London’s decision to ban gay ‘cure’ bus adverts 55 A decision of Transport for London (TfL) to ban bus adverts promoting gay conversion therapy was not unlawful, the High Court has ruled.
19 March 2013
Video: Activists launch campaign against gay conversion therapy in Israel’s Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods 4 Activists have put up anti-gay conversion therapy posters in some of Israel's most religious neighbourhoods.
19 March 2013
US: Gay conversion therapy ban passed by Senate committee New Jersey 3 A bill which would ban controversial gay "cure" therapy was approved by a Senate committee in the US state of New Jersey, after impassioned testimony from those who had undergone such practice.
18 March 2013
New Jersey Senate panel considers anti-gay conversion therapy bill 12 A New Jersey Senate panel is to discuss a proposed bill that would ban gay conversion therapy.
18 March 2013
Channel 4 News complaint made by gay ‘cure’ Christian therapist Lesley Pilkington rejected by Ofcom 6 Ofcom has rejected a complaint made by a Christian therapist who was revealed to be offering gay conversion therapy in a Channel 4 investigation.
7 March 2013
US: Professional mixed martial arts fighter forced to come out as trans woman 7 A professional mix martial arts fighter has been forced out of the closet as a transsexual.
28 February 2013
Minnesota congressman: homosexuality is an ‘unhealthy sexual addiction’ 47 Minnesota Republican congressman Glenn Gruenhagen has said that homosexuality is a choice and a form of sexual addiction.
28 February 2013
London: Christian group tells High Court ‘gay cure’ bus advert ban threatens democracy 50 A Christian group has told the High Court that a ban on bus adverts which claimed gay people can be "cured" of their sexuality was a "deep threat" to democracy.
28 February 2013
Legal challenge by Christian group against Boris Johnson’s decision to ban ‘ex-gay’ bus ads begins at High Court 38 London Mayor Boris Johnson's refusal to run anti-gay adverts on buses in the capital is being challenged at the High Court today.
14 January 2013
South African arts academy claims it can ‘cure’ students of being gay 15 A Christian arts academy in the South African city of Bloemfontein claims it can “cure” gay students of their sexuality and has likened its approach to a drug rehabilitation programme.
3 January 2013
California’s governor seeks to restore gay ‘cure’ ban 7 California Governor Jerry Brown has now appealed a court injunction that has so far prevented the enforcement of a new law designed to ban gay conversion therapy for children.
5 December 2012
Confusion for California’s gay ‘cure’ ban after judges issue opposite rulings 9 For the second time in two days, a federal judge in California has issued a decision on the state's new law prohibiting licensed psychotherapists from trying to change the sexual orientation of gay minors.
1 December 2012
US: Gay “conversion therapy” advocates seek injunction to halt ban in California 19 The yet to be implemented law banning discredited "gay cure" therapy in the state of California has been challenged by a Christian legal group, which said it violates privacy, and freedom of speech.
29 November 2012
California representative calls on US Congress to ban gay ‘cure’ treatments for kids 3 California Democratic Representative Jackie Speier has introduced a resolution in the US Congress calling for a ban on gay conversion therapy for minors.

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