Victoria bans conversion therapy practices

Image:The LGBTIQ+ community in Victoria welcomes the new conversion therapy practices ban in the state.

This week, the Victorian government, with an overwhelming support from the State Parliament, passed a bill in which conversion therapy practices are banned.

For the LGBTIQ+ community, the new law is welcomed.

Victoria is the third jurisdiction in Australia, next to Queensland and the ACT, to ban conversion therapy.

Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Ghassan Kassisieh – Legal Director at Equality Australia

First aired on The Wire, Friday, 05 February 2021