Suggested Response to the Call for Views on the End Conversion Therapy petition.
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Section 1 - What are your views on the action called for in the petition?
•A comprehensive ban on conversion therapy, accompanied by support to survivors and communities impacted by these practices is both necessary and urgent.
•A comprehensive ban on conversion therapy, accompanied by support to survivors and communities impacted by these practices is both necessary and urgent.
•The ban must be comprehensive. It must include all forms of Conversion Therapy on the basis of sexuality or gender identity without exception.
•The Scottish Government should act immediately on Conversion Therapy, without waiting for Westminster, to prevent further harm.
•The Scottish Government should act immediately on Conversion Therapy, without waiting for Westminster, to prevent further harm.
Section 2 - What action would you like to see the Scottish Government take?
•The implementation of a criminal ban on the promotion, provision, causing of a person to undergo conversion therapy or removing a person from the UK to undergo conversion therapy abroad.
•The implementation of a criminal ban on the promotion, provision, causing of a person to undergo conversion therapy or removing a person from the UK to undergo conversion therapy abroad.
•Training on safeguarding and awareness in the public health service and private healthcare providers, and the establishment of an anonymous reporting system.
•Outreach and engagement with religious and community leaders including training to explain the impact of certain teachings on LGBT+ members of their communities.
•Outreach and support for survivors and communities affected by conversion therapy.
•Outreach and support for survivors and communities affected by conversion therapy.
Section 3 - Do you have suggestions on how the Committee can take forward its consideration of the petition (e.g. who should it talk to and hear from)?
•Survivors and those who have come to harm through Conversion Therapy should be at the forefront of any decision making.
•Survivors and those who have come to harm through Conversion Therapy should be at the forefront of any decision making.
•LGBT+ rights groups and mental health experts should also be invited to provide evidence and inform the committee on the best approach to supporting survivors.
•Legal expertise from those with experience in implementing Scottish law in similar areas, for example in domestic abuse, hate crime, and coercive control legislation should be considered to examine the possible application and impact of a criminal ban.
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