Call for EU Ban on Anti-LGBTQ 'Conversion' Gets 1 Million Signatures

A European citizens' initiative calling for a ban on conversion therapies has exceeded the required threshold of one million signatures on Friday. Emmanuel Macron applauded the "mobilisation of European citizens". He welcomed on his social networks "a fight for freedom, dignity and respect". - Prohibition of conversion therapies: Emmanuel Macron "salves the mobilisation of European citizens" (Policy).

Today, the support phase for the European Citizens' Initiative against Conversion Therapy ends. The initiative calls for an EU-wide ban on practices that aim to "change" the sexual orientation of a human being. In several European countries, this is already prohibited by law, but in Austria, there is still a lack of such a law to this day. In the Austrian National Council, there have already been several advances: in 2019 and 2021, Parliament un…

Call for EU ban on anti-LGBTQ 'conversion' gets 1 million signatures

More than one million Europeans have called on the EU to ban "conversion"' practices targeting LGBTQ people, the results of a petition showed Friday. Story by August Hakansson.

Conversion therapy is strictly prohibited only in eight countries of the European Union and may take the form of exorcism sessions, training courses or even electrochoke therapy.

The Commission should respond publicly to this request, which was signed by many representatives of culture and politics, such as the Belgian singer Angel and the former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

The initiative, launched in France and with majority support in the neighbouring country, has achieved the minimum target of signatures just a few hours before the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia