The Young Greens welcome the lodgement of a member’s bill to ban conversion therapy in New Zealand.
MP Marja Lubeck’s bill would prevent any person from advertising, offering, or performing conversion therapy to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
“We are incredibly excited that the loud voices of our community have been heard, and that our lawmakers are moving towards banning this archaic practice. The lodgement of this bill is incredibly heartening, and we want to thank Marja, and the community for uniting for our queer rangatahi across Aotearoa affected by this harmful so-called therapy.
We hope that our Parliament too will unite for our rainbow community by banning this practice, to build a more inclusive Aotearoa where our queer young people can thrive.” says Young Greens Co-Convenor, Max Tweedie.
