LGBT+ survivors of ‘conversion therapy’ have denounced Queensland’s new legal ban on the practices as ‘useless’ and says it must update the law.
The Australian state passed the ‘ban’ on ‘gay cures’ earlier this month. But the bill exempts religious organizations – which survivors say makes it basically ‘useless’.
That’s because religious organizations carry out the majority of attempts to change LGBT+ people’s sexuality or gender identity.
By comparison, doctors and psychologists rarely engage in the ‘therapies’ because they know they are dangerous and pointless.