Finnish Parliament supports a conversion therapy ban initiative.

MPs on Friday approved a citizens' initiative aimed at banning sexual orientation and gender identification conversion therapy in Finland.

Conversion therapy refers to methods aimed at trying to turn sexual minorities into heterosexuals. The practice is usually carried out by priests, pastoral care workers, and youth workers in some conservative religious communities.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250328-finnish-parliament-supports-a-conversion-therapy-ban-initiative?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

This is a good video from Forrest Valkai knocking down a "let's protect conversion therapy" bill in Oklahoma, and criticizing conversion therapy in general.

But I have to say, it always bothers me that we see so many straight allies denouncing queer conversion therapy (which is a good thing), but I can't remember ever seeing even a single allistic person denounce ABA that way. Queer conversion therapy and ABA are the same thing, created by the same person, just done on different groups. It sucks that somehow being queer is worthy of people standing up for you, but being autistic is not. So we have to do it all ourselves without any help from allistics.

Every time I see someone stand up against conversion therapy, I want to reply NOW DO ABA! What will it take for people to care about us the way they care about everyone else?
#ActuallyAutistic #ABA #ConversionTherapy #StopTheShock

https://youtu.be/qxFhiJn9wRU

Ok, this is some serious camel nose under the tent shit right here. This is like the Gay Wedding Cake that never existed that they used to get to the Supremes. Three courts have ruled against this “counselor” who says she only wants to “talk about conversion therapy”, she doesn’t want to waterboard kids, or trap them in solitary freezing rooms, or smother them in blankets until they die....she doesn’t want to KILL gay kids, she only wants to make them feel bad so they kill themselves.

That the Supremes agreed to hear this case after multiple courts said she didn’t have cause or standing, is bad news for everyone, #lgbtq people and their allies.

If #conversionTherapy becomes legal, Ima need to train a lot of people in how to take over a building and free captives. I will go to prison as terrorist leader before I will let one more kid be punished for being themselves.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/10/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-colorado/79218529007/
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#SCOTUS will hear a #FirstAmendment challenge to a #Colorado #law banning professional #counseling services engaged in #ConversionTherapy intended to change a minor’s #gender identity or #sexual orientation.

>20 states have similar laws, which are supported by leading #medical groups. Kaley Chiles, a licensed counselor, challenged the constitutionality of the Colorado law in federal court, saying it violated her rights to free speech & the free exercise of #religion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/politics/supreme-court-conversion-therapy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=5E65F5FB-EE6E-4148-887B-140800683A9E

Reminder:

There's a thing you can sign!

It's for an EU-wide ban on so-called "conversion therapy" of queer people.

Please sign it! Lots of member states haven't met the minimum threshold yet!

The thing needs seven member states to meet the minimum threshold AND at least a million signatures before 17.5.2025

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

Maybe Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to sign a petition to demand that the EU bans conversion practises?

https://mastodon.social/@mcc/113952259451945409

If you are in the EU, please sign this petition to ban conversion therapy.

Ireland needs 450 signatures to reach its threshold. Let's goooo!

#conversiontherapy #lgbti #rights #europeanunion

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

CPC MP Tamara Jansen won election with 10% of eligible voters yesterday.
Poilievre is calling it a great victory.
Jansen is an anti-choice candidate who believes the earth was created in 6 six days, doesn't believe in climate change or evolution, & produced a video with Garnett Genuis 3 years ago claiming a ban on conversion therapy is discriminatory

Well done, Cloverdale-Langley City, BC
And she won with just 10% of the vote
#cdnpoli #abortion #ClimateChange #conversiontherapy #bcpoli #lgbtq

#Woman who was given #electricshocks to ‘#cure’ #sexuality calls on #government to admit to ‘#torture’

#JoanBellingham was #training to be a #nurse when she was #admitted to a #psychiatricward for being a #lesbian.

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewZealand #Health #Healthcare #ConversionTherapy #Torture #ElectroshockTherapy #ECT

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/12/woman-given-electric-shocks-to-cure-sexuality-calls-on-government-to-admit-torture/

#MarlonWayans tried to use #hypnosis to make his #trans #child #cisgender before #accepting them.

Wayans said he eventually realized its not his #job to #control his #child, but rather to #love them #unconditionally.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Parents #Allies #Acceptance #ConversionTherapy

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/10/marlon-wayans-tried-to-use-hypnosis-to-make-his-trans-child-cisgender-before-accepting-them/

#ConversionTherapy #group #Files #SCOTUS #Brief Claiming #Strep, #LymeDisease, and #Manga Make You #Trans.

#PartnersforEthicalCare, a #hategroup #notorious for pushing the #dangerous and #debunked #practice of #ConversionTherapy, known for its #harmful effects.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/conversion-therapy-org-files-scotus

There is a European Citizen's Initiative to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ in the EU. The initiative requires 1 million signatures from across the EU AND to meet thresholds in at least 7 EU countries. Ireland is currently about 7k short of its threshold.

Read about the initiative here:

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000001_en#

Support by clicking the yellow button near the top and filling the form.

This month, October 2024, conversion therapists from all over the world are descending on Poland for their annual conference.
Until everyone agrees that SOGE is wrong, we will never end conversion therapy.
https://buff.ly/4f1k7I6

#Trans-#inclusive #conversiontherapy #ban an ‘immediate #priority’, says #UK #government.

A #Labour #spokesperson announced the new #OfficefoEqualityandOpportunity, replacing the #EqualityHub and leading on #womens, #race, #LGBT+, #disability, and #socioeconomic #equality, plus overseeing all #equality #legislation for the #UK.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Labour #Allies #Progress #Tories #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/10/labour-government-full-conversion-therapy-ban-equality-office/

#Bogus '#ConversionTherapy' Leads to Higher Risk of #MentalIllness for #LGBTQ #People

Besides being #useless in #altering a person's #sexuality or #genderidentity, experiencing the #harmfulpractice of "conversion therapy" or "conversion practice" can greatly raise the #odds that an #LGBT #person experiences mental #health issues, new #research finds.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.benningtonbanner.com/health/bogus-conversion-therapy-leads-to-higher-risk-of-mental-illness-for-lgbt-people/article_9bfa6458-0013-5de8-8df3-76873a39782a.html