Posts tagged ex-gay

The report states that there are currently at least ten organisations currently promoting ex-gay and ex-trans therapies in Australia and New Zealand.

A survivor of electro shock conversion therapy, that was promised to cure him of his homosexuality in the 1970s, has called on the Queensland government to follow Victoria’s recent lead and ban all forms of the controversial practice.

In 2014, a radio series on religious institutions that purport to have the ability to turn gay people straight won awards and critical acclaim. Produced by ex-gay survivor Nathan Despott, ‘Inside Ex-Gay: The Naked Truth’ — which aired on Melbourne-based LGBTI radio station JOY 94.9 — still sends shockwaves throughout Australia’s Evangelical and Pentecostal churches. Here, the documentary’s presenter, Dean Beck, reveals the reality of ex-gay conversion “therapies”.

THE country’s largest ex-gay organisation Living Waters Australia closed over the weekend, with survivors of ex-gay practises holding a community vigil in Sydney to mark …

   SYDNEY-based ex-gay organisation Liberty Christian Ministries has said the appointment of a new head for their pastoral care program is unlikely to bring about …

SYDNEY-based ex-gay organisation Liberty Christian Ministries has appointed a new head for their pastoral care program that claims to offer support for people with “unwanted …

Some Australian religious organisations are still attempting to “convert” LGBTI people to heterosexuality, despite recent closures of major ex-gay organisations internationally. A recent report by …

Authorities in Ecuador have received reports of rape, torture and other inhumane treatment of patients at “homosexual conversion” clinics. One survivor of the clinics has …