Canada has become the latest country to nationally ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy after the bill was approved to become law last Wednesday. Effective as of January 7,Bill C-4will amend the Canadian criminal code so that anybody who has caused another to undergo conversion therapy could face up ...
OTTAWA — Gemma Hickey says when they were in their teens, they went to a faith-based conversion therapy practitioner who had them pray and read literature to try to make them heterosexual. "When I was vulnerable, I went to see someone, because I thought she c...
It is time that conversion therapy be relegated to the dustbin of history and banned in every state to protect those who are seeking our help, not our abuse. Share Tweet Share Email About the Author Jonathan Foiles, LCSW, is a therapist who works at a community mental health cli...
Conversion therapy is banned in many countries around the world, including Malta and Germany. New Zealand is in the process of finalizing a ban. The bill is expected to include provisions to ensure that freedom of speech, including private discussions and sermons in religious settings are not ...
Longtime Ontario backbencher Cheryl Gallant also said in a recent social media video that Trudeau was pushing a “ban on protesting” and questioned “what type of protest will be banned next.” A statement from O’Toole’s office suggests Conservatives plan to support the legislation. ...
Longtime Ontario backbencher Cheryl Gallant also said in a recent social media video that Trudeau was pushing a “ban on protesting” and questioned “what type of protest will be banned next.” A statement from O’Toole’s office suggests Conservatives plan to support the legislation. But ...
“Parents need support in this important responsibility, not the threat of government sanctions.” Despite supporting the ban on conversion therapy, the ACT Law Society also criticised the creation of a new criminal offence. “The government has alternative options available to it to regulate this ...
the U.K., with LGBT organizations calling for the practice to be banned. The Conservative Party-led U.K. governmentannounced in Januarya plan to debate legislation that would add transgender identity to the country's proposed conversion therapy ban, which before applie...