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Victoria vows to crack down on gay 'conversion' therapists | Victoria vows to crack down on gay 'conversion' therapists |
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The Victorian government has vowed to crack down on gay conversion therapists who claim they can “cure” homosexuality. | The Victorian government has vowed to crack down on gay conversion therapists who claim they can “cure” homosexuality. |
The government says legislation to introduce a health complaints commissioner will be brought to parliament later in the year, giving the state specific powers to crack down on unregistered practitioners making unproven claims. | The government says legislation to introduce a health complaints commissioner will be brought to parliament later in the year, giving the state specific powers to crack down on unregistered practitioners making unproven claims. |
“We have zero tolerance for any person purporting to be able to ‘convert’ gay people through medical or therapeutic means,” the Victorian health minister, Jill Hennessy, said in a statement. | “We have zero tolerance for any person purporting to be able to ‘convert’ gay people through medical or therapeutic means,” the Victorian health minister, Jill Hennessy, said in a statement. |
“Any attempts to make people feel uncomfortable with their own sexuality is completely unacceptable.” | “Any attempts to make people feel uncomfortable with their own sexuality is completely unacceptable.” |
Current legislation only allows for registered practitioners to be investigated, leaving those with dubious qualifications to practise without consequence. | Current legislation only allows for registered practitioners to be investigated, leaving those with dubious qualifications to practise without consequence. |
A health complaints commissioner, if introduced, will have powers to ban so-called conversion therapists from providing treatments that put “people’s physical and psychological health at risk”. | A health complaints commissioner, if introduced, will have powers to ban so-called conversion therapists from providing treatments that put “people’s physical and psychological health at risk”. |
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