Improving Spiritual Health Care for LGBT Australians

研究表明，试图改变LGBT人群的性取向和性别取向是行不通的，但人们对其影响或在澳大利亚的做法程度知之甚少。该项目旨在调查澳大利亚LGBT转换疗法的历史、规模和性质。关于澳大利亚皈依实践的可靠数据将通过全国调查、生活史访谈以及精神和精神健康护理提供者的焦点小组来收集。这些数据将被用来确定皈依实践的影响，并开发资源来支持改善LGBT人群的精神护理。这些发现将使社会受益，支持宗教和LGBT权利这一令人担忧的领域的社会凝聚力。

Research has demonstrated that attempts to change the sexual and gender orientation of LGBT people do not work, but little is known about their impacts or the extent of their practice in Australia. This project aims to investigate the history, scale and nature of LGBT conversion therapy in Australia. Robust data on Australian conversion practices will be collected through a national survey, life history interviews and focus groups with spiritual and mental health care providers. These data will be used to establish the impacts of conversion practices and develop resources to support improved spiritual care of LGBT people. The findings will benefit society, supporting social cohesion in the fraught area of religious and LGBT rights.