Media release – Equality Tasmania, 2 December 2022

CHRISTIAN LOBBY CONVERSION CLAIMS EXPOSED AS FALSE

PUBLIC URGED TO IGNORE A.C.L. AND HEED EXPERTS AND SURVIVORS

Equality Tasmania has urged the public to ignore claims from the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) that have been condemned as false by independent fact checkers.

AAP FactCheck yesterday said the ACL’s claim that the Tasmanian Government “plan to criminalise parents who question their children’s wish to change gender” is false .

AAP FactCheck noted that the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s report on conversion practices issued in May this year “specifically puts in place protections for parental care and guidance.”

“We urge all Tasmanians, including members of parliament, to ignore the claims made by the ACL and instead listen to what experts and survivors are saying about the harm caused by conversion practices and the need to bring them to an end.”

“As a Tasmanian trans woman, I am very pleased to see the ACL’s false and fear-based claims about trans people exposed for what they are.”

“The ACL’s false claims have caused immense distress to trans and gender diverse Tasmanians and hopefully now we will see a more mature, respectful and fact-based debate about banning conversion practices.

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