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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/iceland-outlaws-conversion-therapy-in-landslide-vote/>
"The Icelandic parliament has unanimously passed a comprehensive conversion
therapy ban, prohibiting the practice on the basis of sexual orientation,
gender identity, and gender expression.
On Friday, lawmakers approved the legislation with 53 yes votes and three
abstentions. Now anyone who forces a child to undergo conversion therapy can go
to prison for up to five years, and anyone who tries to force an adult to go
faces up to three years. In addition, those who actually administer conversion
therapy could go to prison for up to two years.
Icelandic journalist and nonbinary activist Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir
Jónsdóttir tweeted that the bill passed “despite attempts from known anti-trans
hates groups under English influence to oppose it, and wrongfully claiming they
managed to ‘kill the bill.’ Their arguments were dismissed as anti-scientific
and anti-trans rhetoric.”
Conversion therapy is based on the idea that LGBTQ+ identity is a problem to be
fixed, which can lead to long-term damage to victims’ self-esteem. A 2013
survey showed that 84 percent of former patients of conversion therapy said it
inflicted lasting shame and emotional harm, and another study found that LGBTQ+
people who were forced into conversion therapy had an attempted suicide rate
five times above normal."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
