Google gets rid of app stigmatising same-sex attraction
Human Rights Campaign had removed Google from its annual corporate equality index over the Living Hope Ministries app
London — Google has removed an app that advised people on “recovery from same-sex attraction” from its download store after one of the US’s top LGBT+ charities suspended the tech company from a gay and transgender rights ranking. Human Rights Campaign (HRC) removed Google from its annual corporate equality index, which ranks US companies on the benefits they offer LGBT+ staff, over the Living Hope Ministries app. The index was published on Thursday. HRC said the app was "life-threatening to LGBTQ youth" for its support of "conversion therapy", which is based on the belief that being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender is a mental illness that can be cured. "After consulting with outside advocacy groups, reviewing our policies, and making sure we had a thorough understanding of the app and its relation to conversion therapy, we've decided to remove it from the Play Store, consistent with other app stores," a Google spokesperson said in an e-mail early on Friday. Amazon, Apple and M...
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