'I was put through gay conversion therapy - here's how it changed my life'

'I was put through gay conversion therapy - here's how it changed my life'

Matthew spent years being told his sexuality is a ‘sin’ by his local church (Picture: Matthew) Matthew wanted to be the one to tell his mum he was gay. Not his classmates, his teachers, his neighbours, or his church. Him. He had moved from South Africa to a town near Gloucester, England, with his family in 2001 when he was 10. Matthew had known since he was young that he was gay, and school rumours meant he had little choice but to come out at 1…

"We need a million signatures."The message is clear, and the fight is just as clear: the legal prohibition of conversion practices targeting LGBTQ+ citizens in the European Union. Indeed, no legislation has been adopted...