New Zealand introduces bill to outlaw LGBTI conversion therapy

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New Zealand introduced on Friday legislation that proposes up to five years in prison for practices intended to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, known as LGBTI conversion therapy.

The proposed measures were aimed at ending such practices, which do not work, are widely discredited, and cause harm, justice minister Kris Faafoi said in a statement.

“Health professionals, religious leaders and human rights advocates here and overseas have spoken out against these practices as harmful and having the potential to perpetuate prejudice, discrimination and abuse towards members of rainbow communities,” he added. Conversion practices that cause serious harm would carry a sentence of up to five years' imprisonment.

Laws against conversion therapy have been gaining momentum around the world, including in countries such as Canada, Britain and Australia.

 

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