Women Speak Tasmania

Tag: Conversion-Therapy

  • An invitation to the Forum: Conversion Therapy Laws – risks and harms?

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    Dear Member of the Tasmanian Parliament, I am writing to invite you to attend a forum on the contentious changes to Tasmanian law being proposed by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute on the issue of so-called ‘conversion therapy’. The forum will offer testimony from those who have been negatively impacted by similar laws along with…

  • Targeted campaign against conversion therapy ban as Tasmania looks to outlaw practice

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    A targeted campaign is being run in Tasmania against plans to ban conversion therapy, including a Liberal MP hosting an upcoming event in Parliament House questioning the move. Survivors of conversion therapies, and LGBTIQA+ groups, argue the campaign fundamentally misrepresents the proposed laws, which would see Tasmania join Victoria, Queensland and the ACT in banning the…

  • Tasmania Law Reform Institute – Conversion Practices

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    Law Reform Options for Tasmania Question 1  After considering the background and working definition, in your opinion, what are and are not ‘sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices’?  The immediate problem with the Institute’s working definition of ‘sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices’ – so-called SOGI conversion practices – is that ‘sexual orientation’…