US: Local Board bans sexual orientation conversion therapy for minors

The Pima County Board of Supervisors in Arizona approved a resolution banning paid sexual orientation "conversion therapy" for minors.The decision made Tuesday echoes decisions in nine other states that have made conversion therapy illegal and takes the public stance that sexual identity is not a disorder or mental illness.

UK: A secular response to the Church of England’s statement on the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality

Last month, PinkNews published a statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York John Sentamu to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. Below is a response from Keith Porteous Wood, Executive Director of the National Secular Society.