To be banned in Canada

Leyland Cecco “Canada votes to ban LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/02/canada-votes-ban-lgbtq-conversion-therapy


12月1日、カナダ下院は同性愛者を初めとする性的マイノリティ(LGBTQ)に対する「矯正療法(conversion therapy)」*1を禁止する法案を全会一致で可決した。この法案は2020年3月に与党、自由党によって提出されたが廃案になり、今年6月にも再提出したされたが、9月の連邦選挙を前に審議が時間切れとなり、再度廃案になった。野党、保守党は6月の段階では反対を表明していたが、選挙後にErin O’Tooleが党首になると、賛成に変わり、今回の全会一致での可決に至った。法案が成立するためには、さらに上院での審議と可決が必要である。


A recent UN report found that conversion practices are performed in at least 68 countries, although experts say some version of conversion practice is still found in all nations*2.

Aversion therapy, where a person is subjected to a “negative, painful or otherwise distressing sensation”– including electric shocks – to create a negative association, has been used in many countries.

The vote puts Canada one step closer to joining a small number of nations – Brazil, Ecuador, Germany and Malta – that have outright banned the practice. A recent bill in the UK has proposed restricting, but not banning, the practice*3.

See also


Amy Simonson “Canada bans conversion therapy, a practice Trudeau calls 'despicable and degrading'” https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/09/americas/canada-conversion-therapy-ban/index.html
“Canadian MPs vote to ban LGBT 'conversion therapy'” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59500095

*1:See also https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20160207/1454814463 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20180211/1518275118 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20180705/1530815180

*2:Victor Madrigal-Borloz “Practices of so-called “conversion therapy”: Report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity” https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3870697/files/A_HRC_44_53-EN.pdf

*3:See Aubrey Allegretti “Conversion therapy to be restricted but not banned in proposed bill” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/29/conversion-therapy-to-be-restricted-but-not-banned-in-proposed-bill