'It serves solely to erase the LGBTQ+ community': Coalition calls for ban on conversion therapy

Sinn Féin Senator Fintan Warfield's Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill would prohibit conversion therapy, as a deceptive and harmful act or practice against a person's sexual orientation, gender identity and, or gender expression. Picture: Jed Niezgoda

A new cross-party all-island coalition has called for the practice of conversion therapy to be banned in Ireland.

The Anti Conversion Therapy Coalition (ACTC), which launched this week, has garnered huge support as it seeks to get a bill passed that would see the harmful practice outlawed.