The practice surged in the 1980s and 1990s, before medical groups began warning it was harmful. By Ellen Barry As a teenager, Julie Rodgers attended Tuesday night group therapy sessions in which young ...
This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. This story was produced in partnership with @hankycodemagazine, an LGBTQ+ history publication. The ...
Analysis of questionnaires completed by 4,426 LGBTQ+ people in the USA suggests undergoing conversion practice targeting gender identity or sexual orientation is linked with symptoms of depression, ...
The scientifically discredited practice of “conversion therapy” is still prevalent in several U.S. states to this day, and a new study found LGBTQ+ people who undergo the practice are more likely to ...
People identifying as LGBTQ+ who have undergone conversion practice – commonly known as conversion therapy – are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study published in The ...
Curtis Lopez-Galloway was 16 when he told his parents he was gay. And while he didn’t exactly expect them to throw him coming-out a party, their reaction left him stunned: They took him to so-called ...