Target: Emma Roddick, Scotland Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees
Goal: Proceed with ban on conversion therapy that harms marginalized LGBTQ+ citizens.
A recent report found that nearly one-fifth of LGBTQ+ United Kingdom citizens had been subjected to damaging attempts to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. Such attempts, especially when inflicted upon youth, can cause irreparable psychological and even physical harm. A new proposal in Scotland could protect this nation’s vulnerable citizens.
The proposed law would ban “conversion practices which seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.” While critics are quick to condemn the proposal as overreach and infringing on parental rights, the proposal stresses that actions must meet the criteria of being harmful and coercive to fall under the ban. Advocates for the law say that it is not intended to prevent parents from talking with their children or to imprison parents, as some alarmists have claimed. Rather, the proposal at its core is meant to safeguard a population historically vulnerable to discrimination and mental wellness issues up to and including suicide.
Sign the petition below to support this protection for marginalized communities.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Minister Roddick,
Please do not let critics or election concerns curb your efforts to protect members of the Scottish LGBTQ+ community, especially vulnerable youth. These individuals should be the priority, and legislation to protect them from psychological harm and oppressive, damaging actions should not fall victim to politics. Listen to the concerns of critics.
Then, move forward with a conversion therapy ban that will safeguard future generations.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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