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Positive: how a HIV diagnosis changed my life for the better
ByJason O'Dwyer
This blog was first published on Jason's LinkedIn page, and is presented in its original form. One day in June 2006, whilst sat on a hard plastic chair in a consultation room in a sexual health...
Conversion Therapy: How soon can we expect a ban?
ByStonewall staff
The UK Government has introduced its proposals for how it will seek to ban conversion therapy in England and Wales. But what are the next steps, when can we actually expect a ban, and how can you get...
Which countries have already banned conversion therapy?
ByStonewall staff
In late October, the UK Government launched a consultation on banning conversion therapy in England and Wales. But across the world, many places already have bans in place. In fact, there are 13...
The hidden costs facing potential LGBTQ+ parents
ByDeepa Lalwani
Photo: Whitney and Megan Bacon-Evans It's time to start a conversation about the practical and financial costs facing many LGBTQ+ people who want to have children. In this article, we explore how...
LGBTQIA+ people do not need ‘fixing’
ByMolly Maher
In the UK, it is still legal for LGBTQIA+ people to be subjected to conversion therapy. Conversion practices attempt to suppress, ‘cure’, or change a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation...
Ban Conversion Therapy: Why we need a ban with no exemptions and no excuses
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
A full ban on conversion therapy must include religious settings and protect trans people. Aged 21, Liam – a trans man – confided in the pastor at his church about having a difficult time with his...
7 things you might not know about conversion therapy
ByPrishita Maheshwari-Aplin
Conversion therapy is a damaging and degrading practice that tries to erase, repress, or change people's sexual orientation and/or gender identity. It leaves lasting scars on LGBTQ+ survivors – but...
Seven survivors of conversion therapy describe its lasting, damaging impact
ByStonewall staff
‘Whenever I remembered the treatment I’d had, I would start physically shaking,’ – survivors of conversion therapy share their experiences. Shockingly, conversion therapy remains legal in the UK. And...
Netflix’s Pray Away shows us the horrors of religious conversion therapy - here’s why we need a ban without exceptions
ByStonewall staff
Netflix’s new documentary Pray Away follows the actions of Exodus, a religious group who told LGBTQ+ members – and their families – that they could change who they were. This important film follows...
Pride Month reflections from our departing vice chair, Simon Blake OBE
As part of our #ProuderTogether campaign, our departing vice chair Simon Blake has reflected on how much our movement has achieved in the past six years, and how much further we have to go. In 2015 I...