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# MPs vote to ban conversion therapy in Canada
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mps-vote-to-ban-conversion-therapy-in-canada/
- Published: 2021-12-02T15:15:51.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-02T10:25:31.000Z
- Description: Canada’s House of Commons has voted unanimously to ban conversion therapy in what has been dubbed a “great day for survivors”.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Queer Corner, ban conversion therapy, Canada, conversion therapy, Glaad, Justin Trudeau, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Conversion therapy

Canada’s House of Commons has voted unanimously to ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in what has been dubbed a *“great day for survivors”* of the controversial practice. According to the [*BBC*](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59500095?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the bill would make it illegal to practise conversion therapy on minors or anybody unwilling to undergo it, with it now going to a vote in the upper chamber of parliament where a previous version of the bill was unsuccessful.

The bill was first proposed by prime minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, with [Trudeau](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/canada-passes-bill-to-ban-conversion-therapy/) himself describing conversion therapy as *“harmful”* and *“degrading”*. Tourism minister and LGBTQ+ advisor Randy Boissonnault praised the decision to advance the bill, saying: *“No one can consent to torture…It’s a great day for survivors, to know that no-one else is going to go through what they went through.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/end_conversion_therapy.jpg)

According to GLAAD, conversion therapy is *“any attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression”*. The organisation found nearly 700,000 LGBTQ+ adults in the US alone had been subjected to the practice, leaving them six times more likely to experience depression. Studies untaken by the Canadian government also discovered 20% of gay, bisexual, trans and gender non-conforming men in the country had undergone conversion therapy.