There are few things more unsettling to the LGBTQ community as the idea of conversion therapy. It’s why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Dec. 13, 2019 announcement that he would move to ban conversion therapy nationwide has brought such palpable relief to victims like myself. Conversion therapy bans must go further I have been an advocate for legal restrictions on conversion therapy for over 20 years. Unfortunately, the bill makes no mention of criminalizing the act of conversion therapy, only “advertising” and gaining of “material benefit” from it. The Senate bill’s definition of “conversion therapy” falls short in capturing the full scope and subversive nature of these treatments.

Source: Huffington Post January 15, 2020 19:52 UTC