From Reuters:
“Canada
reintroduces bill banning LGBT conversion therapy”
Canada has
reintroduced a bill on Thursday that will criminalize LGBT conversion therapy,
a federal minister said after an earlier effort to ban the practice failed as
the parliament was discontinued due to the coronavirus pandemic. Conversion
therapy is any practice designed to change a person’s sexual orientation, which
especially harms and stigmatizes those belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual
or trans community. Federal Minister of Justice David Lametti said the new bill
will include five amendments to Canada’s Criminal Code to include offences such
as causing a minor to undergo conversion therapy, causing any person to undergo
the therapy against their will, and profiting off from the practice. The bill
was previously introduced in the House of Commons in March. “Conversion therapy
is harmful, degrading, and has no place in Canada … I hope that all parties
will do the right thing by supporting this bill,” Prime Minster Justin Trudeau
told reporters on Thursday. Trudeau’s Liberal Party promised to ban the
practice during an unveiling of the party’s election platform last year. The
bill was presented in the House of Commons on Thursday though no voting date
has been set. Some 20% of sexual minority men in Canada have undergone some
form of conversion therapy, according government data. Lower income, indigenous
and trans people are disproportionately exposed to the practice, the data
shows. The bill will not apply to those seeking guidance and support from
counselors or faith leaders. Canadian cities such as Vancouver in British
Columbia and Calgary in Alberta are banning the practice within their borders,
a government statement said.
^ Conversion
Therapy should be illegal in all of Canada and the rest of the world (the US,
EU, UK, Russia, etc.) ^
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