Tag: conversion therapy
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Queen’s Speech: Conversion therapy ban delay condemned
LGBT+ and human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, welcomed the announcement in the Queens’s Speech that the government will legislate a ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy but condemned the «further delay, lack of clarity and absence of a timetable for the ban».
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Ulster Unionist Party bid to ban conversion therapy in Northern Ireland passes Assembly vote
MLAs have passed a motion calling on Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey to introduce a ban on gay conversion therapy in Northern Ireland.
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1,000 days of dithering on conversion therapy ban
Tomorrow, Tuesday 30 March 2021, marks one thousand days since the UK government first promised to ban LGBT+ conversion therapy. This has still not happened.
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Tory LGBTQ+ MPs urged to sign letter to PM demanding conversion therapy ban
Boris deemed more likely to listen to MPs who are Tory & LGBT+
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Germany’s Bundestag Approves Ban on «Conversion Therapy»
On Thursday, 7 May 2020, the German Bundestag (Parliament) passed a bill banning advertising and perpetration of «Conversion Therapy» to minors.
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Bill Proposing Nation-Wide Ban on «Conversion Therapy» Introduced in Canada
On Monday, March 9, 2020, amendments to the Criminal Code proposing to ban so-called «Conversion Therapy» practices to change, suppress, or divert one’s sexual orientation or gender identity were introduced in Canada by its ministers of Justice and Diversity, Inclusion and Youth.