Carrie Johnson’s speech to LGBT Tories: text in full.
Yesterday (5th October), Carrie Johnson made what is thought to be the first ever speech by a prime minister’s wife at a party conference.
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Carrie Johnson to deliver conference speech to LGBT Conservatives.
The animal welfare campaigner Carrie Johnson will deliver a speech at the Conservative Party conference about the importance of LGBTQ+ rights.
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Ireland unites to push for conversion therapy ban.
Leading LGBTQ+ organisations, LGBT Ireland and The Rainbow Project, are joining in a cross-border partnership for an all-island conversion therapy ban.
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Conversion therapy ban announced by the Queen.
The Queen finally made good on Theresa May’s 2018 promise to ban conversion therapy in England and Wales.
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MPs to debate conversion therapy petition.
On Monday 8 March, MPs will debate e-petition 300976 relating to LGBT conversion therapy.
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Faith leaders condemn violence against LGBT+ people.
The Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ affairs is a new programme of religious and faith leaders from across the world
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Conversion therapy ban. What’s taking so long?
Developments in Australia suggest an improvement in LGBTQ+ community relations with regard to conversion therapy.
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Israeli medics ban cruel conversion therapy
The Israeli Medical Association, which represents around 90% of doctors, have this week vowed to expel any member practising gay conversion therapy. In a written statement, the Association said, “the treatments to change one’s sexual orientation have been found to be ineffective and could cause mental damage, such as anxiety, depression […]
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Royal College of Psychiatrists apologises for electrocuting LGBT people in history of traumatic ‘conversion therapies’
Royal College of Psychiatrists issues historic statement acknowledging harm done to LGBT people The statement acknowledges the harm done to lesbian, gay and bisexual people through “conversion therapies”. As part of such therapies, patients were often repeatedly electrocuted or given nausea-inducing drugs while being shown homoerotic images in a bid to “cure” […]
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World Psychiatric Association calls to end LGBT conversion therapy
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has made it clear that gay-conversion “therapy” is ineffective and dangerous. It has also called for homosexuality to be decriminalised and for “harmful” and “discriminatory” practices to be ended.
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