The Canadian government introduced new legislation on Monday to criminalize gay and transgender conversion therapy.
Supporters of Toronto's LGBTQ community march in one of North America's largest Pride parades, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 23, 2019.TORONTO — The Canadian federal government introduced new legislation on Monday to criminalize LGBTQ conversion therapy, as Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government moves to fulfill one of its 2019 election promises.
The proposed amendments to Canada’s Criminal Code include offenses such as causing a person to undergo conversion therapy, advertising and profiting from conversion therapy and removing a minor from Canada. Conversion therapy is any practice designed to change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual, gender identity to one that matches the sex assigned at birth, or to repress or reduce non-heterosexual sexual attraction or behaviors, according to the legislation.
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