In August 2022, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued an Executive Order to protect Pennsylvanians from conversion therapy.The order stated that the Department of Human Services was to ...
HARRISBURG, PA — The State Boards of Psychology and Osteopathic Medicine of Pennsylvania have issued statements opposing the practice of conversion therapy on minors. These statements of ...
Believers is a series running throughout April, examining different facets of faith and religion among young people. In this op-ed, Eliel Cruz examines the changing practice of conversion therapy.
So-called conversion therapy is arguably among the more shameful parts of psychology’s past. In the U.S., homosexuality was considered a mental illness until 1973; before that, many ...
Those who experience conversion therapy also report higher rates of anxiety, depression and suicidality, multiple studies have found. A 2020 report from the Williams Institute, ...
The SNP has been urged to drop its “conversion therapy” ban after a landmark review warned the threat of legislation is making clinicians “fearful” of helping children with gender questions.
A 23-year-old woman has said she was told her sexuality was a result of "Satan whispering in her ear" during conversion therapy. Kitty, who grew up in a religious family but asked us not to use ...
“Be Who You Are” by Todd Parr, a picture book for children that encourages them to embrace who they are inside, was selected for last month’s planned Drag Queen Story Hour at Lancaster ...
The old guard of conversion therapy has closed up shop. The new wave of conversion therapy is more discreet but with the same ...