WTG Canada!

Effective today, Canada has banned "Conversion Therapy, advertising conversion therapy and profiting from conversion therapy"! At least Canada has had the guts to ban this heinous practice that has damaged many young lives.

Edited to include the following:

Bill C4 has been approved by both Houses of Canada, Parliament and Senate:

Bill C4 adds the following four offenses to the Criminal Code of Canada, punishable with jail time up to five years as well as fines:

(a) causing another person to undergo conversion therapy;

(b) doing anything for the purpose of removing a child from Canada with the intention that the child undergo conversion therapy outside Canada;

(c) promoting or advertising conversion therapy; and

(d) receiving a financial or other material benefit from the provision of conversion therapy.”

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Lilymoon · F

I didn't even know it was a thing until they banned it. 😦

spjennifer · 56-60, T

@Lilymoon So far, 13 Countries have banned Conversion Therapy and many other countries are considering legislation banning it, the State of California banned it in 2013 so this heinous practice is not new and it needs to be banned worldwide!

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/which-countries-have-already-banned-conversion-therapy

LeopoldBloom · M

@spjennifer California banned licensed therapists from practicing it. It's still legal for a pastor or a parent to tell a kid that they shouldn't be gay.

spjennifer · 56-60, T

@LeopoldBloom Good, it should be banned as a "therapy". Of course, and I see nothing wrong with a parent telling the kid they shouldn't be gay but not to try and force them to become straight by brainwashing therapy sessions called "Conversion Therapy"!