Lawmakers in France’s National Assembly have given their unanimous backing to a new law which prohibits so-called ‘gay conversion therapy’, voting 142-0. The new law, passed on Tuesday, prohibits attempts to “convert” LGBTQ people to heterosexuality or traditional gender roles. It also grants authorities the right to seek criminal charges …
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In terms of achieving its aims, conversion therapy is right up there with the burning of witches. Instill enough fear into someone, and they’ll pretty much agree to anything so long as you make the pain stop, or at least extinguish the flames tickling their feet. So to see the …
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Should private discussions between a counsellor and minors worried about their sexuality be allowed? Therapist Brian Tingley believes they should, and has taken to the courts to fight his case. Brian and his team are keen to overturn a district court decision in the state of Washington to reject his …
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Gay ‘conversion therapy’ is a controversial subject. The notion that people can change their sexual desires or orientations has been lambasted by LGBT organisations, and branded medieval and barbaric. Last month, Boris Johnson labelled the practice “absolutely abhorrent.” The prime minister said he wanted to prohibit the practice – following …
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Now the people of Ukraine will face fewer bureaucratic red tape. The national Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has abolished the requirement for banks to provide him scan copies of documents on which basis they carried out an analysis of the financial operations of its clients on the acquisition and transfer …
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