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# New Zealand set to ban conversion therapy
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/new-zealand-set-to-ban-conversion-therapy/
- Published: 2021-08-03T16:17:31.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-03T10:05:47.000Z
- Description: New Zealand has introduced a national bill that would prohibit LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in nearly all contexts.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, ban conversion therapy, Boris Johnson, conversion therapy, LGBTQ, New Zealand, UK

New Zealand is likely to be the next country to nationally ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy after a bill was introduced that would prohibit the controversial practice in nearly all contexts. According to [*Reuters*](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-introduces-bill-outlaw-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-07-30/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the bill would outlaw any attempts to change the sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of people under 18, with those who violate the regulations facing prison.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ban-conversion-therapy-1.jpg)

Justice minister Kris Faafoi said that conversion therapy has *“no place in modern New Zealand”*, adding: “\[The practices\] *are based on the false belief that any person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression is broken and in need of fixing.”* He also noted that many healthcare professionals have *“have spoken out against these practices as harmful and having the potential to perpetuate prejudice, discrimination, and abuse”.*

Meanwhile, conversion therapy continues to be legal in the UK. March 28 marked 1,000 days since the government first promised to ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy, with Boris Johnson referring to the practice as *“abhorrent”*. A debate was held [earlier this year](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mps-call-for-trans-conversion-therapy-ban/) but so far no official ban has been enacted.

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