Queer Devotions: Conversion Therapy in Canada

Queer Devotions: Conversion Therapy is Still Prevalent in Canada, So How Do We Finally End the Practice?

In June of this year, our guest, Dr. Travis Salway, published, with coauthors, an astonishing report about the continued prevalence of conversion therapy in Canada. Among the many important findings, the report shows that 67% of conversion therapy happens in religious contexts for the population they studied. For our podcast series, Queer Devotions, we sat down with Dr. Salway to discuss this report, and how RFF and others can fight for a federal ban of the practice. You can read the report in full at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0252539.

There are some incredible resources available that dive deeper into survivors' stories and the history of conversion therapy. Here is No Conversion Canada: https://www.noconversioncanada.com/contact-1, which features some heartbreaking and mobilizing stories. UnErased: The History of Conversion Therapy in America is a production from WYNC Studios and Radiolab, made in partnership with the film, Boy Erased. It's a four part series: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/unerased-the-history-of-conversion-therapy-in-america/id1439513792. 

You can hear our full episode with Dr. Travis Salway at https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/conversion-therapy-is-still-prevalent-in-canada-so/id1539414887?i=1000532233975. Don’t forget to subscribe to Queer Devotions on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you never miss an episode!