Gay conversion therapy

Netanyahu had no reason to give in to Maoz's demands - editorial

Netanyahu did not have to compromise his own beliefs and cave in to each of Maoz’s demands – in fact, he could have formed a stable coalition without him.

Noam Party leader Avi Maoz poses for a picture at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 19, 2021.
Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance, June 3, 2021

Google Israel launches campaign to fight conversion therapy practices

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Tel Aviv, Havruta join up to combat LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

Campaigners place flowers on a multicoloured flag as they protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outside the Russian embassy in London, Britain June 2, 2017

Florida court overturns ban on conversion therapy


Letters to the Editor November 4, 2020: US election: The day after

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Controversial conversion therapy bill passes: 'Saving lives'

"Shame and disgrace" shouted some haredi MKs after the bill passed, as a number of MKs began to applaud.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

Coalition stability battered over gay conversion therapy legislation

Likud minister says Gantz leading Israel to new election after Blue and White votes with opposition to approve Meretz-led legislation.

Meretz head Nitzan Horowitz

Crisis over gay conversion bill will not collapse gov't - analysis

The bill is nevertheless another straw on the camel’s back.

Thousands protest throughout the country after Education Minister Rafi Peretz stated that he supports gay conversion therapy.

Uncertainty remains as vote on conversion-therapy bill nears

The legislation, proposed by Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz, would remove the license of a psychologist who uses conversion therapy, fine them and send them to jail for repeat offenses.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

Instagram bans 'conversion therapy' content as opposition grows

The United Nations independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity called last month for a global ban on conversion therapy, describing it as "cruel, inhumane and degrading."

The Instagram application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.

Albania bans psychologists from practicing gay conversion therapy

The Order of Psychologists said members would face disciplinary proceedings if they carried out the treatment.

Police stand guard during an anti-government protest in front of the Parliament in Tirana, Albania May 25, 2019

'Army Radio distorted rabbi's comments on conversion therapy'

Station claims Yigal Levinstein said conversion therapy is necessary to rid people of homosexual tendencies. Rabbi says he referred to 'normative therapy'

Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of the pre-military academy at the settlement of Eli

27% rise in suicide, depression and domestic violence among LGBT youth

'When the family is good, accepting and inclusive it's all well and good, but when the family gets mad and violent who ignores needs, identity and wants of the child, then the house is a prison'

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

US, Germany, Mexico, 6 others seek to ban gay 'conversion therapy'

LGBT+ people - some children - have undergone abuses like lobotomies, castration and masturbatory reconditioning in the past, in a bid to change their sexual orientation or gender identity, ILGA said

Thousands protest throughout the country after Education Minister Rafi Peretz stated that he supports gay conversion therapy.

Former LGBTs 'repent on behalf of nation for sin of homosexuality'

The "formers" are lobbying against two House bills: H.R. 5, the Equality Act - and H.R. 3570, the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act.

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018