Outright’s groundbreaking research has exposed the brutal realities of conversion practices worldwide. In South Africa, one survivor recalled: “I was continually prayed- and fasted-over. And when that didn’t work, they made my cousin sleep with me forcefully. Actually, my cousin raped me.”
In Latin America, another interviewee described how these practices were institutionalized within the school system: “At my school, there were campaigns to refer students to a conversion therapy clinic. Workshops were held where sexual diversity was treated as a mental illness.”
These testimonies are not isolated. They are part of a global pattern of abuse that must be stopped.
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The cruel notion that anyone should change, suppress, or divert their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression has been widely denounced for decades, including by the United Nations.
Yet, around the world, LGBTIQ people are still being subjected to harmful and degrading conversion practices. These abuses happen in schools, clinics, and homes—places that should be safe.
Outright is working with partners around the world to expose and end this violence. Your donation powers that work.
