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Hundreds of global faith leaders call for ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy

Hundreds of global faith leaders call for ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy

HUGO GREENHALGH ALMOST 400 global religious leaders, including anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu and Britain's Bishop of Liverpool, called on Wednesday for countries to overturn bans on same-sex relations and end LGBT+ conversion therapy. Sixty-nine United Nations member states still outlaw gay sex, according to the 2020 State-Sponsored Homophobia report released by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) on Tuesday. Only Brazil, Ecuador, Malta and Germany have instituted forms of nationwide bans on conversion therapy, which aims to alter a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. Organised by the Ozanne Foundation charity, the declaration has been signed…
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