Google has removed an app that advised people on 'recovery from same-sex attraction' from its download store.
London - Google has removed an app that advised people on "recovery from same-sex attraction" from its download store after one of the United States' top LGBT+ charities suspended the tech company from a gay and transgender rights ranking.
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. Amazon, Apple and Microsoft had previously removed the app designed by the Christian non-profit group Living Hope Ministries from their app stores.
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