Conversion practices

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  • Press releases & statements

31 May 2025

Pride Month: ILGA World releases new data and maps on laws affecting LGBTI people globally

Our data show that LGBTI people continue to face challenges in accessing their basic rights. The last few months, in particular, have seen escalating threats to their lives and dignity, although progress has continued to happen even amid this severe crisis

  • Press releases & statements

30 January 2024

ILGA World Database wins Anthem Awards for “Best use of data”

The ILGA World Database is among the winners at this year’s Anthem Awards, one of the most important social impact awards globally.

  • Explainers

19 December 2023

2023 in review: the new laws affecting LGBTI communities worldwide

A comprehensive summary of the legal developments shaping the rights of LGBTI people across the world during the past 12 months.

  • Legal mapping

21 March 2023

ILGA World Database

The ILGA World Database is a unique knowledge base on laws, human rights bodies, advocacy opportunities, and news related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics issues worldwide

  • Practical guides & advocacy toolkits

15 July 2020

Toolbox to combat so-called ‘conversion therapies’

A toolbox of legal and public policy tools and key allies available to ban or restrict 'conversion' practices

  • Legal mapping
  • Research

26 February 2020

Curbing deception – A world survey of legal restrictions of so-called ‘conversion therapies’

The pioneering ILGA World research on so-called ‘conversion therapies' is a global survey of legal restrictions to these dangerous practices