WEdmund Bergler was an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst whose books covered such topics as childhood development, mid-life crises, loveless marriages, gambling, self-defeating behaviors, and homosexuality. He has been described as the most important psychoanalytic theorist of homosexuality in the 1950s.
WThe Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill is a proposed Act of Parliament in New Zealand that proposes banning conversion therapy practices that seek to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
WS Sushma v. Commissioner of Police is a landmark decision of the Madras High Court in 2021 that prohibited Conversion Therapy in India. The Court suggested comprehensive measures to sensitize the society and various branches of the state and federal government including the Police and judiciary to remove prejudices against the LGBTQIA+ (queer) community. The Court suggested that changes be made to the curricula of schools and universities to educate students on understanding the queer community.
WSigmund Freud was an influential physician and founder of psychoanalysis who treated patients with psychiatric disorders. His views on homosexuality ascribed biological and psychological factors to explain the principal causes of homosexuality. Sigmund Freud believed that humans are born with unfocused sexual libidinal drives, and therefore argued that homosexuality might be a deviation from this.
WThe Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act is a bill in the United States House of Representatives that if passed would prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy, and for other purposes.
WThis is a list of jurisdictions in the United States banning conversion therapy, the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity using psychological or spiritual interventions. A total of 20 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 100 municipalities, have banned the practice of conversion therapy on minor clients. Penalties range from fines to imprisonment. The District of Columbia is the only U.S. jurisdiction whose ban also applies to adults. Three states ban the use of state and federal funds for conversion therapy on minors. As of November 20, 2020, any bans in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama are suspended due to a 2–1 decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, with Judges Britt Grant and Barbara Lagoa in the majority and Judge Beverly Martin dissenting.
WMilo Yiannopoulos, who has also published as Milo Andreas Wagner and the mononym Milo, is a British far-right, alt right, and alt-lite political commentator, polemicist, public speaker, and writer. His speeches and writings often ridicule Islam, feminism, social justice, and political correctness. Yiannopoulos is a former editor for Breitbart News, a far-right media organisation.