5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 28

The practice is sold as supportive care—but in reality, it’s used to delay transition until a person no longer identifies as trans

Meanwhile, the U.K. continues to drag its feet on its plans for a conversion therapy ban that might exclude trans people

But LGBTQ+ people still face discrimination and violence in the country—the fight for full LGBTQ+ equality continues

Mexico’s largest state legalized same-sex marriage last week and parliament took a historic vote to ban conversion therapy

Utah outlawed any attempt to change a minor’s LGBTQ2S+ identity two years ago, but the policy is under attack

The out MP talks international human rights work, the blood ban, HIV funding and more

Anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and violence are pervasive in Malaysia, according to a new report

Spain and Germany are the latest countries to move forward with gender self-determination policies

He is also preparing to sign an executive order preventing LGBTQ2S+ youth from being subjected to conversion therapy

The controversy has many calling for Will Bouma to drop out of the race

The conversion therapy law has a major loophole, however

The ban will not apply to adults who “consent” to conversion therapy, according to government documents

The ban is a direct response to U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson’s refusal to ban anti-trans conversion therapy

OPINION: The only government-funded therapy for autistic children is called Applied Behaviour Analysis, an approach developed in tandem with discredited anti-LGBTQ2S+ practises

More than 3,000 people took to the streets to demand the government include trans people in its conversion therapy ban

LGBTQ+ groups have asked the U.K. government to reconsider its latest transphobic policy decision

Florence Ashley argues that bans are just the first step in preventing trans people from dealing with the trauma of such “therapy”

Conversion therapy

Michigan outlaws conversion therapy, Canadian labour unions fight anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate, Adore Delano comes out as trans and more

Unpacking ‘gender exploratory therapy,’ a new form of conversion therapy

Ireland promises conversion therapy ban this year

Same-sex marriage is finally legal throughout Mexico

‘We are very happy’: Mexico just took a giant leap toward LGBTQ+ equality

No U.S. state has ever repealed a conversion therapy ban. These lawmakers want to change that

The NDP’s Randall Garrison discusses being a gay politician on Parliament Hill for over a decade

The Malaysian government is reportedly funding anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

These two countries are making it easier for trans people to correct their legal gender

Biden wants to expand federal laws to protect trans students from discrimination

Ontario premier Doug Ford defends candidate slammed for homophobic scandal

Greece bans conversion therapy—and surgeries on intersex infants could be next

The U.K.’s transphobic conversion therapy ban has some major loopholes

Wales moves to fully ban conversion therapy as U.K. drags its feet

Why the ‘treatment’ of autism is a form of conversion therapy

Thousands protest the U.K. government’s refusal to ban trans conversion therapy

The U.K. wants to ban conversion therapy—but not for trans people

A new book on conversion practices examines exactly what trans people need from lawmakers