NSW Criminalises LGBT Conversion Practices

Performing conversion practices now carries up to 5 years’ jail in NSW; taking someone interstate for it risks 3 years’ jail.

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From April 4, LGBT conversion practices are officially banned in New South Wales under the Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024.

The law makes it a criminal offence, punishable by up to five years in prison, for anyone who delivers or performs conversion practices that cause serious mental or physical harm.