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California will be the first state in the US to ban "reparative therapy" or "conversion therapy" – a practice that was been roundly discredited by mainstream mental health organisations – for gay teens.

In a move that serves as a significant blow to "ex-gay" programs and anti-gay organizations, Dr. Robert Spitzer repudiated his much-criticized 2001 study that claimed some "highly motivated" homosexuals could go from gay to straight.

Civil society groups in Malaysia have blasted the Terengganu Education Department for sending 66 schoolboys with ‘effeminate’ tendencies to a 4-day boot camp held to intervene before the boys “reach the point of no return”, meaning before they "become" gay or transgender.

A task force set up by the American Psychological Association (APA) is set to conduct the first review of its 10-year-old policy on gay reparative therapy next week.

With reparative therapy now in the media spotlight, here's an inside look at one gay man's first-hand experience with an ex-gay program.