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Share on Twitter The Victorian parliament has voted to outlaw gay conversion therapy in a marathon sitting of the state's upper house. The "world-leading" Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill passed the Legislative Council late on Thursday night 29 votes to nine following a 12-hour debate. Liberal MPs Bev McArthur and Bernie Finn broke party ranks and voted against the government's legislation, along with crossbench MPs Jeff Bourman, Catherine Cumming, Clifford Hayes, Stuart Grimley, David Limbrick, Tania Maxwell and Tim Quilty. The bill outlaws any therap...

Share on Twitter A bill banning gay conversion therapy is all but guaranteed to pass Victorian parliament's upper house after three crossbench MPs indicated they will support it. Reason Party MP Fiona Patten, Samantha Ratnam of the Greens and Andy Meddick from the Animal Justice Party confirmed on Tuesday they would back the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill in the Legislative Council. The bill outlaws any therapy that attempts to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and empowers the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human R...

Share on Twitter New Zealand and Britain have become the latest countries to ease rules on blood donations by gay and bisexual men, as supply concerns caused by COVID-19 increase scrutiny of AIDS pandemic-era restrictions that LGBTQI+ rights advocates say are homophobic. New Zealand’s government cut the celibacy period for gay and bisexual men to give blood from a year to three months, regardless of whether or not they had used condoms, the New Zealand Blood Service said on its website on Monday. In Britain, which had a three-month deferral period, a behaviour-based policy will ...

A gay man was told to watch straight porn in a bid to change his sexual orientation in a brutal conversion therapy session.

Share Share on Twitter Victoria is one step closer to banning gay conversion therapy after a majority of lower house MPs voted in favour of the legislation. The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill passed the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, the final parliamentary sitting day of the year. All 55 MPs in the chamber voted in favour of the bill, with the opposition abstaining. READ MORE Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews hailed the bill as life-changing. "Every person has the right to be proud of who they are and who they love, and sho...