United Nations calls for global end to LGBT conversion therapy.

With the U.N. headquarters in the background, visitors take photos at the FDR Four Freedoms State Park's monumental stair, transformed into a giant, rainbow-hued LGBTQ flag in celebration of World Pride on June 17, 2019, on Roosevelt Island, N.Y. (Photo: Bebeto Matthews / AP)

The United Nations released a report documenting the global reach and impact of gay and transgender “conversion therapy,” calling for nations around the world to work to ban the scientifically discredited practice.

Conversion therapy practices, the U.N. document states, are…