No criminal charges laid since conversion therapy ban imposed, Ottawa says
“Asking survivors to come forward and relive that trauma, or that stigma or that guilt or that shame or whatever they feel, is very, very hard,” he said.House passes bill banning conversion therapy after Tory MP fast-tracks vote
“It’s not until they’re later in life, when they’re older and they understand more about the issue, that they realize what they’ve gone through is, in fact, conversion therapy. Because nobody’s told them. There’s been no education,” he said. But he said more needs to be done to support survivors, and there needs to be more education about conversion therapy.Kwag said the federal government should invest in education and awareness campaigns so people can better identify conversion practices.“It’s also about funding affirming, community-based supports that are a low barrier for people who have been impacted by conversion practices, as well as people who might be vulnerable to it,” he said.
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