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The Victorian government  looks set to pass a strict law against conversion practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, with fines of up to $10,000 or 10 years imprisonment.Survivors and equal rights organisations have welcomed the proposed law as “powerful” and “better than any Bill in Australia” to date.The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020 was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday.

McClatchy.The event was opened by Jannique Stewart of Missouri, a speaker who described her work as training others in opposing abortion and in “countering some of the agenda when it comes to LGBTQ.”According to McClatchy, a source within the State Department described several aides as “appalled” that the event took place despite their concerns, and surprised that Pompeo — who has his own history of anti-LGBTQ statements and votes from his time in Congress — touted his appearance in his latest

Anchorage Daily News reports.The ban prevents licensed professionals from attempting conversion therapy on minors in the city, with those who continue to do so subject to a $500 fine, which stacks for each day that the ban is violated.“One day, this practice will be banned throughout the United States,” Assembly Chair Felix Rivera, who co-sponsored the ban, said.

Conversion practices performed on a child or a person with impaired decision making ability will be a crime in the Australian Capital Territory and can invite a prison term of up to 12 months and fines of up to $24,000.The ACT Parliament has passed the law which prohibits conversion practices, becoming the second Australian state/territory to have such a ban.

Sixteen Uniting Church ministers have in a joint letter extended their support to the ACT government’s new law that seeks to ban sexuality and gender identity conversion practices.This is in sharp contrast to conservative Christian organisations that have in the past two weeks upped the ante against the Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill 2020, that they claim will turn pastors, teachers and parents into criminals.The ACT legislative assembly is scheduled to take up the bill

The State Journal and the Courier-Journal.“Together, we represent more than half a century of experience, so few people are more knowledgeable about the ineffectiveness and harm of conversion therapy,” the leaders add.

Pauline Hanson is at it again. This time the embattled senator has come out saying that parents of young children who believe their child might be transgender should have their children taken off them.“Confusing kids and going to the doctor and parent’s saying ‘Look, my four-year-old they really can’t identify, and we want to change their sex.’ You are bloody idiots, how can a kid at four years old know if they want to be male or if they actually want to be a girl.”The comments were made by

Queensland on Thursday became the first state in Australia to ban conversion practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The Health Legislation Amendment Bill, that contained provisions criminalising the practise of conversion therapies in health settings, was passed in the Legislative Assembly by 47 votes to 41.

< 1 min read The BBC in the United Kingdom has found itself in hot water following a segment which gave pro conversion therapy groups a platform to promote their harmful and discredited views.  The report, which aired on Monday August 10 on BBC News at Six, featured Gareth, a survivor of conversion therapy, who opened up about the […]

Founded in 1998, The Trevor Project is an American organisation focused on the prevention of suicide among LGBTQI youth. In what has been a year that no one, nor history will forget any time soon, it may come as no surprise that such events have had a catastrophic effect on the mental wellbeing LGBTQI youth in America.Now in its second year The Trevor Report National Survey was established by the organisation as a way of gaining crucial insights into the distinctive challenges faced by LGBTQI

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Wednesday held a virtual panel on the call for a global conversion therapy ban. 

AFER’s Jeff Zarrillo and Paul Katami, Chad Griffin, sons Elliott and Spencer, Sandy Stier and Kris Perry, LA Feb. 2012 (Photo by Karen Ocamb) 

Facebook and Instagram have banned all posts that promote the dangerous and debunked practice of conversion therapy, reported CNN.

2 min read A United Nations (UN) expert has called for a global ban on conversion therapy while telling the Human Rights Council that the practice inflicts severe pain and suffering on LGBT people often resulting in long-lasting psychological and physical damage.

report released in May that documented the various forms the practice takes and characterized the practice as a threat to LGBTQ people across the globe.The report defines conversion therapy as “interventions of a wide-ranging nature, all of which are premised on the belief that a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity, including gender expression, can and should be changed or suppressed” when it does not comply to societal expectations of gender norms.The report, written by Victory

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Former Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden noted the importance of transgender rights and called conversion therapy “sick” at a virtual campaign fundraiser Wednesday (May 13).

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Supporters of a Tallahassee ordinance banning conversion therapy demonstrating – Photo: Equality Florida, via Facebook.

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< 1 min read Lawmakers in Canada have introduced a new bill that would put a ban in place for so-called conversion therapy nationwide. The new bill which was proposed last week aims to outlaw the dangerous and ineffective practice known as ‘conversion therapy’ across all states in Canada.

Canada’s federal government has this week proposed new legislation which aims to institute a nationwide ban on LGBTQI conversion therapy.

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Australia’s first proposed legislation criminalising “LGBT conversion therapy” has suffered setbacks and divides after receiving criticism and support on issues of medicinal practice and gender dysphoria.

Dan Reynolds (R) meets with Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California’s 23rd District (Photo via Twitter)

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Bowen Yang, who made history last year by joining the Saturday Night Live (SNL) cast and becoming the show’s first Chinese- American and third openly gay male cast member, opened up about being forced to attend a gay conversion therapy camp in an interview with the New York Times.

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Virginia Sen. Scott Surovell (left) talks about his bill to ban conversion therapy before the Senate Committee on Health and Education Committee’s Health subcommittee. – Photo: Scott Surovell, via Twitter.

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