Café Evropa Podcast: Why Ban Conversion Practices

Across Europe, people are calling for a ban on so-called conversion practices – methods that use violence or psychological pressure to try to change people's sexual orientation and identity. The European Commission has voiced its support for such a ban.

What exactly do conversion practices involve, and why do they have no place in modern society? Come and listen to a live recording of the Café Evropa podcast, featuring expert perspectives and first-hand accounts from those who have been subjected to conversion practices themselves.

Speakers Šimon Hauser – editor-in-chief of LUI magazine Michal Pitoňák – expert on sexual and gender diversity, researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health (NÚDZ) Michaela Kristýna Máchová – survivor of attempts at