Category Archives: Gay and Bisexual

Banning Gay Conversion Therapy is a Poor Reason for Regulating the UK Therapy Sector

Posted on April 22, 2014 by sextherapybristol

Statutory regulation of psychotherapy and counselling is back on the political agenda, now reincarnated as a means to ban treatments which claim to be able to change a person’s same sex preference, often referred to as “gay conversion” or “reparative … Continue reading →

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Opponents of Same Sex Marriage Look Out of Touch

Posted on April 2, 2014 by sextherapybristol

As same sex marriages became legal in England and Wales this weekend, it is worth celebrating not only the progressive merit of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, but also the fact that the opposition to the legislation has … Continue reading →

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Academies Must Try Harder To Reassure Gay Parents

Posted on September 1, 2013 by sextherapybristol

The recent news that a number of academy schools in the UK had banned the “promotion of homosexuality” in language redolent of the infamous Section 28 policy of the 1980s comes as no surprise to lesbian, gay and bisexual parents … Continue reading →

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