Editing Conversion therapy (section)

===Bans on conversion therapy===
In 2020, the [[United Nations Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity]] (IESOGI) published a ''Report on conversion therapy'', which documented global practices on conversion therapy against LGBTQ individuals.<ref name="GPAHE2022"/><ref name="UNIESOGI2020">{{cite web |title=Report on conversion therapy - Practices of so-called "conversion therapy" |url=https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/44/53 |website=[[United Nations Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity]] |access-date=10 September 2025|first1=Victor |last1=Madrigal-Borloz}}</ref> 
In the report, the UN IESOGI called for a global ban on "conversion therapy", as an umbrella term describing various interventions practiced to "cure" people, and to "convert" them from [[non-heterosexual]] to heterosexual, and from trans or [[gender diverse]] to cisgender.<ref name="UNIESOGI2020"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Global ban needed on bogus 'conversion therapy', argues UN rights expert {{!}} UN News |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1066652 |website=[[United Nations]] |access-date=10 September 2025 |language=en |date=21 June 2020}}</ref> The report highlighted a 2015 US court case from [[New Jersey]], "''Ferguson v JONAH'''", in which a jury [[unanimously]] found the defendants guilty of fraud, claiming they were providing "services that could significantly reduce or eliminate same-sex attraction."<ref name="UNIESOGI2020"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Ferguson, et al., v. JONAH, et al. |url=https://www.splcenter.org/resources/civil-rights-case-docket/michael-ferguson-et-al-v-jonah-et-al |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=10 September 2025}}</ref> In March of 2026, laws prohibiting conversion therapy were struck down by the US Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marimow |first=Ann E. |date=2026-03-31 |title=Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/supreme-court-colorado-conversion-therapy.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2026-04-02 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>