Conversion Therapy

Conversion therapy was banned a year ago. But the real hard work remains

"...we've got the [conversion therapy] ban, but we don't have the education.”

  • 18 Feb 23

Aotearoa finally bans conversion therapy

There were 112 MPs who voted in favour of the bill and eight against it.

  • 16 Feb 22

Conversion therapy will soon be illegal in New Zealand, at last

While it's a step in the right direction, some people say the bill doesn’t go far enough.

  • 15 Feb 22

Bill to ban conversion practices passes second hurdle

The proposed law to ban conversion practices has passed its second reading in Parliament on Tuesday.

  • 09 Feb 22

Conversion therapy will be banned, with sentence of up to 5 years’ imprisonment

“There are so many people that will have their lives changed because of this.”

Petition to urgently ban conversion therapy in NZ is blowing up

Update Monday 22 February: The Government has announced it will bring forward the timeline to ban conversion therapy. “The Government has work underway to develop policy which…

  • 18 Feb 21

Joan was tortured for being gay, and she’s not alone

For 12 years, Joan was forcibly subjected to electroconvulsive therapy.

‘What we are is enough’: the fight to ban conversion therapy in NZ

Sexual diversity and gender fluidity are nothing new in Aotearoa, they’ve always been around.
New Zealand is currently debating whether or not gay conversion therapy should be…