HIV Health and Wellness

New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern acknowledges gay conversion therapy is religious freedom for some

The Prime Minister is acknowledging that gay conversion therapy is religious freedom for some, in response to the Justice Select Committee's decision not to recommend a ban on the controversial practice.  Jacinda Ardern told reporters at her post-Cabinet press conference on Monday that she "wouldn't mind taking the time to look at the select committee report".

New Zealand: Conversion therapy: PM concerned about 'vulnerable' LGBT youth

The Prime Minister has expressed concern about "vulnerable" youth at risk of undergoing gay or trans conversion therapy.  Conversion therapy is where people try to change lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex (LGBTI) people's sexuality or gender identity using therapy, drugs or other means.

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How Africa’s religious leaders are changing sexual health narrative

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Religious leaders have shunned sexual and reproductive health discussions at the pulpit for decades – a situation that is changing. This is as 45 per cent of health services in Sub-Saharan Africa are provided by faith-based organisations.

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US: Lou Sullivan’s Diaries Are a Radical Testament to Trans Happiness

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“I wanna look like what I am but don’t know what someone like me looks like,” Lou Sullivan wrote in his diary, in the mid-sixties, when he was living as a teen-age girl in suburban Milwaukee.