432-01002 (Justice)
- Keywords
- An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)
- Conversion therapy
- Gender identity and gender expression
- Sexual minorities
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
We, the undersigned citizens of Canada, draw the attention of the House of Commons to the following:
Whereas, conversion therapy has historically referred to coercive, degrading actions that seek to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity which are wrong and should be banned;
Whereas, Bill C-6 defines conversion therapy as "a practice, treatment or service designed to change a person's sexual orientation to heterosexual, to change a person's gender identity or gender expression to cisgender or to repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behavior or non-cisgender gender expression";
Whereas, this broad definition wrongly applies the label "conversion therapy" to a broad range of practices, including counsel from parents, teachers, and counsellors encouraging children to reduce sexual behavior;
Whereas, Bill C-6 expressly allows counselling, medical, and surgical efforts to change a child's gender, but prohibits support for a child seeking to de-transition to his or her birth (cis) gender;
Whereas, Bill C-6 could restrict the choices of LGBTQ2 Canadians concerning sexuality and gender by prohibiting access to any professional or spiritual support freely chosen to limit sexual behaviour or de-transition.
Therefore we, the undersigned, call on the House of Commons to take the following actions to address the situation:
1. Ban coercive, degrading practices that are designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity;
2. Amend Bill C-6 to Fix the Definition of Conversion Therapy, thus banning Conversion Therapy without banning voluntary counselling or criminalizing conversations; and
3. Allow parents to speak with their own children about sexuality and gender, and to set house rules about sex and relationships.
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Garnett Genuis
(Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan)
May 31, 2021 (Petition No. 432-01002)
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432-01002 | Garnett Genuis | May 31, 2021 | 27 |
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432-00839 | Garnett Genuis | April 20, 2021 | 32 |
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432-00802 | Garnett Genuis | April 15, 2021 | 29 |
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432-00790 | Arnold Viersen | April 14, 2021 | 38 |
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432-00742 | Tom Kmiec | March 26, 2021 | 27 |
432-00729 | Garnett Genuis | March 24, 2021 | 27 |
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432-00675 | Garnett Genuis | March 12, 2021 | 28 |
432-00665 | Garnett Genuis | March 11, 2021 | 28 |
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432-00605 | Garnett Genuis | March 8, 2021 | 27 |
Total signatures | 761 |