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South Australia to ban Conversion practices directed at LGBTQIA+

This week, South Australia introduced new laws to ban conversion practices in the state. Conversion practices, which seek to change or remove an LGBTQIA+ person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, will face severe penalties under new SA legislation. The move echoes New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT who already have similar laws. Advocacy groups …

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Landmark ACT Bill Banning Irreversible Procedures for Intersex Children Now In Effect

In March last year, the ACT passed a bill that would ban irreversible medical procedures for young intersex people. The laws came into effect at the beginning of this year, the first of their kind in any jurisdiction in Australia. The bill will stop deferrable treatments on intersex people’s sex characteristics until they’re old enough …

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