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27 November 2012
US: False advertising lawsuit filed against New Jersey group offering gay ‘conversion therapy’ 8 Four gay men in New York have filed a lawsuit accusing a New Jersey-based group of falsely offering "conversion therapy", with a view to "reversing" their homosexuality.
21 November 2012
US: Gay ‘cure’ cult leader accused of arranging wife’s murder 14 A religious cult leader who claimed he had gone from being gay to straight is under investigation following the death of his wife.
13 November 2012
Gay ‘cure’ therapy is harmful says UK government 29 Culture Secretary Maria Miller has responded to a parliamentary question on gay conversion therapy by instructing Health Minister Norman Lamb to outline the government’s official position.
11 November 2012
US: Pastor arrested, accused of sexually assaulting subjects of ‘gay cure’ counselling 6 A Minnesota pastor was arrested, and appeared in court, after two men who were receiving counselling as "treatment" for their “homosexual tendencies," reported sexual assault.
22 October 2012
US: Gay man falsely imprisoned by extremist church 25 Four members of a church in North Carolina have been charged with false imprisonment over allegations that they held a young gay man against his will.
5 October 2012
California: Second lawsuit filed against gay ‘cure’ ban 26 A second federal lawsuit has been filed seeking to overturn California's new ban on gay conversion therapy for those under the age of 18.
4 October 2012
UK: Journalist welcomes BACP decision to strike off anti-gay therapist 5 Lesley Pilkington, the Christian psychotherapist who was found to be providing gay conversion therapy, has finally been struck off by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
3 October 2012
US: Lawsuit to challenge California ban on gay ‘cure’ therapy 9 A Christian group are set to sue in an attempt to reverse California's new law which will ban gay 'cure' treatments for people under 18 from January 2013.
2 October 2012
UK: BACP warns against gay conversion therapy 16 Britain's largest professional body of psychotherapists has warned its members against attempting to "convert" gay people, after discovering practitioners were still offering the "treatment".
2 October 2012
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s parents thought he was gay and tried to ‘cure’ him 13 Film star-turned-politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has spoken out saying that his parents thought he was gay when he was a teenager, and that they took him to a doctor in order to try to "cure" him.
1 October 2012
California bans teenage gay ‘cure’ therapy 19 Campaigners and medical professionals have welcomed California Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to ban teenagers from accessing discredited treatments that seek to reject an LGBT identity.
14 September 2012
Malaysian government criticised for hosting seminars to spot ‘gay children’ 9 The Malaysian government has been criticised by Amnesty International for hosting a series of seminars for parents and teachers, claiming how to identify if a child is gay.
5 September 2012
Sydney: Christian doctor banned for prescribing chemical castration ‘gay cure’ to teen 58 An Australian doctor and member of a conservative Christian sect has been banned from practicing medicine after he prescribed a teenager a chemical castration drug for use as a ‘gay cure’.
7 July 2012
Leader of ‘reparative therapy’ group Exodus says gays can’t be cured 33 The leader of global 'gay cure' church Exodus International has declared that gays cannot be turned straight and that so-called 'reparative therapy' may be dangerous.
14 June 2012
Russian state radio interview with ‘gay cure’ therapist breached UK standards 16 Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has ruled that an interview with Christian therapist Lesley Pilkington on Russian state radio in which the presenter referred to homosexuality as a 'disorder' to be 'cured' and decried 'aggressive homosexual propaganda' breached the Broadcasting Code when it aired in the UK.
7 June 2012
Dutch Christian group may appeal after ‘gay cure’ therapy removed from health insurance 35 A religious organisation whose 'gay cure' therapy is to be removed from the basic health insurance package in the Netherlands has said it is looking to appeal the decision.
5 June 2012
Dutch minister stops gay ‘cure’ therapy health insurance 24 Gay 'cure' therapy will no longer be available in the basic health insurance package in the Netherlands, Dutch Health Minister Edith Schippers announced today.
31 May 2012
California senate approves ban on ‘gay cure’ therapy for minors 10 The Californian state senate last night approved a bill to ban the use of so-called conversion therapies on minors which attempt to alter their sexual orientation.
30 May 2012
Californian ban on ‘gay cures’ for minors may see senate vote today 17 A bill at California's state legislature which would ban attempts to turn gay minors straight through therapy and require adults to be informed of the unproven effectiveness of such treatments is expected to be voted on at the senate later today.
28 May 2012
Christian ‘gay cure’ therapist loses appeal 85 A Christian psychotherapist lost her appeal last week against a ruling by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy that her behaviour in offering to therapeutically change a patient's sexuality was negligent.

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