The app in question is the creation of US Christian group, Living Hope Ministries. It is eponymously named in the app store and has been downloaded more than 1,000 times.
Critics say it wants people to "pray away the gay," encouraging young people identifying as LGBTQ+ to become heterosexual through a mixture of therapy and prayer.
Axios said "several major LGBTQ+ rights groups" have written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai to secure a meeting about the app, but have been unsuccessful. It follows Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft all banning the app.
Google declined to comment when contacted by Axios. The company did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
In a statement on its website, Living Hope Ministries describes itself as proclaiming "a Christ-centered, Biblical world-view of sexual expression rooted in one man and one woman in a committed, monogamous, heterosexual marriage for life." It adds that "anything less than this ideal, falls short of Gods best for humanity."
Google's refusal to remove the Living Hope Ministries app sits uncomfortably with some of its recent actions and statements on LGBTQ+ issues.
In a statement on its website, diversity.google , Google claims it has "embraced a refreshed and accelerated approach to diversity and inclusion", and in 2015, the tech giant publicly backed the Equality Act, a proposed bill which aims to protect LGBTQ+ people in the US from discrimination.
Google recently faced criticism for its refusal to remove another controversial app. Absher, created by the Saudi government, lets men track and control where women travel.
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