Tags: Conversion therapy
NSS seeks clarity over proposed conversion therapy ban
Posted: Thu, 04 Nov 2021
The National Secular Society has expressed concerns about potential loopholes in government proposals to ban 'conversion therapy'. Read More »
Challenge religious stigmatising of LGBT people, NSS tells Welsh government
Posted: Mon, 20 Sep 2021
The National Secular Society has called on the Welsh government to challenge religious homophobia in education, healthcare and charities. Read More »
NSS advises Scottish government on strategies to end ‘conversion therapy’
Posted: Mon, 19 Jul 2021
The NSS has called on the Scottish government to ban coercive 'conversion therapy'. Read More »
‘Conversion therapy’ charity shows need for reform in NI, says NSS
Posted: Fri, 23 Apr 2021
The NSS has called for the removal of 'the advancement of religion' as a charitable purpose in Northern Ireland in response to a review. Read More »
Tackle charities promoting ‘conversion therapy’, NSS urges minister
Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2020
The NSS has urged the government to consider the role of charities as it looks into ways to end anti-gay 'conversion therapy'. Read More »
Review status of charity promoting ‘conversion therapy’, NSS says
Posted: Wed, 13 May 2020
The NSS has urged NI's charity regulator to review the status of an organisation which promotes "change oriented therapy" for gay people. Read More »
Individual rights and autonomy key themes at NSS healthcare event
Posted: Thu, 01 Nov 2018
Speakers have told an NSS conference that individual rights and autonomy should take priority over religious concerns in healthcare. Read More »
NSS welcomes plan to restrict LGBT ‘conversion therapy’
Posted: Tue, 03 Jul 2018
The National Secular Society has welcomed a government announcement that it will bring forward proposals to end the practice of LGBT 'conversion therapy' in the UK.
But the NSS criticised the government's failure to mention anti-LGBT sex education in faith... Read More »
NSS calls for ban on ‘gay conversion therapies’ after church starvation
Posted: Thu, 17 Aug 2017
The NSS has called on the government to consider banning so-called gay conversion 'therapies' after a Liverpool church encouraged LGBT+ people to starve themselves for long periods. Read More »
Fundamentalist Christians claim victory over “gay cure” bus advert
Posted: Mon, 27 Jan 2014
The Christian Legal Centre and the Core Issues Trust are claiming that a Court of Appeal decision today over the banning of an advertisement on London buses is "an important victory" – even though the ban remains in place for the time being. Read More »
Gay 'cure’ therapist loses appeal against suspension
Posted: Wed, 23 May 2012
A Christian psychotherapist has lost her appeal against suspension from her professional body after being struck off after attempting to convert a homosexual man to heterosexuality. Read More »
