Parliament is hosting a public hearing on ending LGBTIQ+ conversion practices
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This public hearing is taking place in response to the European Citizens’ Initiative calling for EU-wide action to end so-called “conversion practices”. These practices, which target LGBTQ+ people and have been described by the UN as a form of torture, claim to change, repress or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Organisers of this initiative describe them as discriminatory, degrading, harmful and fraudulent. They are urging the European Commission to put forward binding rules banning conversion practices across the EU, where only some countries have passed relevant laws. The European Parliament has repeatedly condemned all forms of discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, including conversion practices and the pathologisation of trans and intersex people. The European Citizens’ Initiative is a mechanism that enables citizens to bring policy proposals directly to EU institutions The hearing is hosted by Parliament’s committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs, together with the committee on petitions and the committee on women’s rights and gender equality.
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