#conversion-therapy

#conversion-therapy

A trans activist has gone viral for injecting his weekly hormone shot in front of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine while testifying against a ban on gender-affirming care for youth.Twenty-five-year-old Lindsey Spero told the board that for months trans people have "stood before you, put their hearts on full display, and vulnerably pleaded with you to listen to our stories and perspectives."

Spain's parliament recently passed a bill that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender.The bill allows people older than 16 to legally change their gender without medical supervision or a judge's approval.It removes the previous requirements that applicants provide a doctor's diagnosis of gender dysphoria and additional proof that they have lived as their gender identity and undergone hormone treatment for the past two years.

The law will create potentially harmful living situations for transgender youth in the state, critics contend.A protester holds a placard that says, "The blood of trans youth is on your hands" inside the Indiana Statehouse as the Indiana Senate's Health and Provider Services Committee in February considers legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors in Indiana.

Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation Thursday that further enshrines the right to abortion and gender-affirming care into law and another that bans so-called conversion therapy.The new legislation enhances existing state law that makes access to abortion and gender-affirming care legal and opposes conversion therapy.

A Christian school in New Zealand will close its doors rather than give up a conversion therapy program.Kaitaia Abundant Life School says a new law passed last year banning the practice means they can no longer operate according to their Christian faith."Experiencing unwanted feelings towards the same sex" is not usual, a spokesperson for the school, Ivy Tan, told 1News in New Zealand.

Throughout his campaign for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin embraced the rhetoric of "parental rights," allowing it to guide his campaign's position on key issues, including mask mandates and diversity efforts in our K-12 system.To be clear, there is a dire need to ensure that parents have a voice in our education.

Spain's parliament has approved new legislation that will allow anyone over 16 to change their legally registered gender, ease abortion limits for those aged 16 and 17, and make the country the first in Europe in Europe to introduce paid menstrual leave.The new transgender law which was passed despite protests from feminist groups, warnings from opposition parties, and amid tensions between different wings of the Socialist-led coalition government means that anyone aged over 16 will be able to change their gender on official documents without medical supervision.

A Conservative MP has asked the equalities minister whether she understands the anxiety the LGBT community feels when it comes to the ban on conversion therapy.Peter Gibson, the MP for Darlington, told the Commons we are still to see any draft legislation, despite the ban appearing in multiple Queen's speeches.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is now trying to speak directly to trans kids and talk them out of transitioning.It's not going well."If you're under 18 and people are telling you to cut off your breast or have a surgery that turns your penis inside out to make a 'vagina' you're a victim of child abuse," Greene tweeted.