This past week, Bill-C4 has become law in Canada. It is now a criminal offense to advertise, promote, or engage in conversion therapy.
What is conversion therapy? The law states, “conversion therapy means a practice, treatment or service designed to
(a)”‚change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual;
(b)”‚change a person’s gender identity to cisgender;
(c)”‚change a person’s gender expression so that it conforms to the sex assigned to the person at birth;
(d)”‚repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviour;
(e)”‚repress a person’s non-cisgender gender identity; or
(f)”‚repress or reduce a person’s gender expression that does not conform to the sex assigned to the person at birth.
For greater certainty, this definition does not include a practice, treatment or service that relates to the exploration or development of an integrated personal identity–such as a practice, treatment or service that relates to a person’s gender transition–and that is not ba
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