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After two failed attempts, Canada has now banned conversion therapy. Advocates say it’s one of the most comprehensive (meaning it’s ‘extreme’) laws of its kind anywhere in the world. Adults cannot even consent to their own treatment or counselling! “The intention behind the first two attempts were good, but they left a loophole for adults […]

As well as NZ, both Canada and the UK have been considering ‘conversion therapy’ bans. While the UK is canvassing the opinions of the full community before proposing a bill, Canada has just rammed through an extreme law in breakneck speed. Their conservative politicians are officially ‘asleep at the wheel’ and Canada is lurching at

Canada’s House of Commons just unanimously passed an extreme conversion therapy bill similar to the one proposed in New Zealand. That’s how left the Canadian political scene has gone. Where have the ‘conservative’ politicians disappeared to? Renowned neuroscientist Dr. Debra Soh says that the Canadian bill “prevents people from accessing much-needed medical and mental health

From Bob McCoskrie … Contrary to some of the narrative by supporters of the ‘conversion therapy’ bill – including Labour and Green members of the Select committee – parents, carers, teachers and counsellors could be criminalised for rightly wanting to protect children from the physical, emotional and psychological harm caused by gender dysphoria, for promoting biology, and for

Transgender research coming out of the University of Waikato’s Trans Health Research Lab should be treated with the upmost caution because of their conclusions and policies which are contradicting what experts around the world are now saying regarding the treatment of gender dysphoria.

Two of the world’s leading doctors for gender reassignment procedures – both of them transgender women – have expressed concern about the number of children being given puberty blockers, and undergoing gender/sex reassignment surgery, describing the rise in procedures as “deeply worrying”. Dr Marci Bowers and Dr Erica Anderson warn that children should not be

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) have released a position statement on gender dysphoria, and in it they explicitly acknowledge that “there are polarised views and mixed evidence regarding treatment options for people presenting with gender identity concerns, especially children and young people.”

Blake Williams is a year 13 student. He bravely turned up before the Select Committee, expressing concern about the medical intervention of changing one’s sex, the gender affirmation model being used under pressure by many health professionals, and saying that the “the bill is bound to infringe on individual rights”.

Watch the submission of the International Federation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice as they destroy a number of arguments and questionable research put up by activists on the select committee considering the ‘conversion therapy’ bill.