Day: January 27, 2018

United States (HRC) – Earlier this week, the Williams Institute released an alarming report on the number of LGBTQ teens who will be subjected to conversion therapy. So-called “conversion therapy,” sometimes referred to as “sexual orientation change efforts” or “reparative therapy,” is a range of practices that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. These practices are based on the false premise that being LGBTQ is a mental illness that needs to be cured. The Williams Institute report found that approximately 20,000 LGBTQ minors will be subjected to conversion therapy by…

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United States (Sputnik) – Despite repeatedly telling the public about her strong advocacy for women’s rights and empowerment, Hillary Clinton elected to retain an adviser on her 2008 presidential campaign run who allegedly sexually harassed a woman under him on several occasions, according to a new report. What’s more, the soon-to-be secretary of state refused to heed the counsel of her campaign manager, Patti Solis Doyle, to fire the accused harasser, the New York Times reported Friday. Instead, Clinton ordered the adviser, Burns Strider, to attend counseling and withheld his salary for several weeks. The account…

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