A bill banning 'treatment of LGBT' is passed by the Canadian Parliament



In recent years, LGBT people such as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer have various sexual orientations and gender identity as their individuality. The move to admit is underway. In December 2021, the Parliament of Canada passed a bill banning therapy that seeks to treat LGBT people and correct them for heterosexuality.

Canada's House of Commons approves bill to ban LGBT conversion therapy | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-house-commons-approves-bill-ban-lgbt-conversion-therapy-2021-12-01/

Canada votes to ban LGBTQ'conversion therapy' | LGBT rights | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/02/canada-votes-ban-lgbtq-conversion-therapy

Senate agrees to fast-track bill banning conversion therapy | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senate-conversion-therapy-adoption-1.6277097

Conversion therapy ban receives royal assent, now law in Canada --National | Globalnews.ca
https://globalnews.ca/news/8434497/conversion-therapy-ban-canada-royal-assent/

Sexual orientation and gender identity are issues that are deeply related to an individual's identity and way of life, and social oppression leads to deterioration of mental health. LGBT students are more likely to attempt suicide than non-students, with reports of findings that 'legalizing same-sex marriage reduces the suicide rate of teens' and conversions that change a person's sexual orientation. Studies have also shown that many people who receive therapy have mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, causing self-harm and suicide.

Studies show that 'conversion therapy' that changes a person's sexual orientation causes suicide and self-harm-GIGAZINE



The treatment of LGBT has been criticized by medical institutions and medical societies as 'lacking medical justification and ethically unacceptable', but it is still practiced in many countries. That. Under these circumstances, Canada's ruling Liberal Party has frequently submitted 'a bill banning LGBT treatment' since 2020. However, the bill submitted in March 2020 was abandoned due to the suspension of parliament due to the effects of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and the bill resubmitted in June 2021 was also submitted for the general election in September. It was not passed due to the dissolution of the parliament.

After the general election ended in a victory for the Liberal Party, the Liberal Party again submitted a bill banning LGBT treatment. In a House of Commons vote on December 1, the bill was passed by a 'unanimous' vote in which all members of the Conservative Party as well as the Liberal Party agreed. Unanimity in the Canadian House of Representatives was unusual, with Liberal ministers hugging Conservative members.



Liberal Justice Minister David Lametti commented, 'Today is an important day. Express and understand yourself the way you want, as it is.' 'There are clearly some Conservative executives who have taken a great deal of leadership on this issue. I thank them. This is because Congress worked together,' he said. I praised the Conservative Party, which voted in favor. Conservative leader Erin O'Toole has been a supporter of LGBT rights since taking office.

'I dream of a day when the LGBT Q2 issue will not become political football,' said Randy Boissonault, Minister of Tourism, who has professed to be gay and is a special adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on LGBT issues. And we are approaching that future. '' We want people to keep up with the times. No one can agree to torture. '

A week after the bill passed the House of Representatives, a Senate vote was held on December 7, and it was unanimously passed, just like the House of Representatives. Conservative Senator Leo Housakos, who called for a unanimous vote, unfortunately pointed out that the bill banning LGBT treatment has become 'political football,' but a few days ago the House of Representatives said. He states that he has done 'the right thing.' And on December 8th, Mary Simon, appointed Governor General of Canada by Queen Elizabeth II of England, gave her a Royal Assent and it was decided to become a law.



Following the results of this vote, the non-profit Get's Better Canada , which has been conducting signing campaigns against LGBT treatment on the online signing site Change.org, expressed its joy on Change.org.

Campaign Notice · Victory! Bill # C4 has received Royal Assent! · Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/end-conversion-therapy-in-canada-righttobeyoucanada/u/29938471



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