LGBT+ campaigners have welcomed the Australian Capital Territory’s new ban on ‘conversion therapy’ but say it could be even better.
The ACT – the small territory surrounding Australia’s capital, Canberra – passed the Sexuality and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill earlier today.
Campaigners gave the new law a ‘seven out of 10’. They say it is far better than the law Queensland passed which they concluded was ‘useless’.
However, they say the ACT’s ban ‘still falls short of the optimum position sought by survivor groups’. The law bans anyone from attempting a ‘treatment’ or practice to change another person’s sexuality or gender identity.