Gay nversn therapy ban - next steps to be announced by Government - NZ Herald

Contents:

• GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN - NEXT STEPS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNMENT
• TEEN RELEASED OM GAY NVERSN MP FOLLOWG SOCIAL MEDIA MPAIGN
• 'THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST' SHOWS THE DANGERS OF "GAY CONVERSN" CAMPS

GAY NVERSN THERAPY BAN - NEXT STEPS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNMENT

Photo / Mark MchellLegislatn has been drafted to ban so-lled gay nversn therapy by the end of the year, the Herald unrstands. Conversn therapy seeks to change lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) people's sexualy or genr inty g therapy, dgs or other methods.

Waikato Universy senr lecturer psychology Dr Jaimie Veale prevly told the Herald there was no nclive data about how many people had been through so-lled gay nversn therapy New Zealand, although there was plenty of anecdotal evince.

TEEN RELEASED OM GAY NVERSN MP FOLLOWG SOCIAL MEDIA MPAIGN

A mpaign to get a teen released om a Christian "mp" where she was unrgog therapy to "pray the gay away" has been succsful.

And wh that, her strict relig parents allegedly moved her to a Christian "mp", where she would be ma to unrgo psychologilly-damagg therapy to "pray the gay away", and "nvert" her to a law prohibed Sarah om leavg the mp until she reached the age of 18, when she would be regnised as a legal adult. He started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the legal expens need to ee posted the crowdfundg lk to his 112, 000 Twter followers, and his Facebook dience of 51, 000, promptg the hashtag #SaveSarah to go amazg iends & fans, PLEASE help save my sweet gay Sarah who's trapped at a boardg facily TX.

"But when they did that, Sarah's parents, who believe that homosexualy is a s and abnormal, sent Sarah away agast her will to an East Texas Christian boardg facily for troubled teens to 'pray away the gay'.

'THE MISTN OF CAMERON POST' SHOWS THE DANGERS OF "GAY CONVERSN" CAMPS

So stead of beg surround by iends and extend fay who love and support Sarah for who she is, she'll be isolated a place where the fact that she is gay is treated as a s and an illns. "This is about more than jt one gay kid - if we ee Sarah we n help show that 's not okay to try to make gay teens straight by sendg them away and g the threat of God agast them. "It's gog to st them money that actually harms the young woman om gettg the re and treatment she needs, " he is gay nversn therapy?

Gay nversn therapy is a highly ntroversial practice, wh untls studi ncludg do nothg but flict ep psychologil trma on the year, spoke to survivors of the radil iology. He is now livg a happier life a same-sex last week, a new study om the Southern Poverty Law Center me out, labellg the practice as "monisg" homosexualy and mandg be also lled for public and private surers to refe to reimburse claims ma by "therapists" 2009, the Amerin Psychologil Associatn nducted the world's biggt study to the fluidy of sexual orientatn.

Homosexualy was wily unaccepted the 1960s, and when Marjoram embarked on his "spirual journey" and joed the church, he knew he had to bee heterosexual.