European Union To Consider Bloc-Wide Ban On Ex-Gay Torture After Over One Million Sign Onto Online Petition

Courthouse News reports:

More than 1 million Europeans have called on the EU to ban “conversion”‘ practices targeting LGBTQ people, the results of a petition showed Friday. The landmark result, reached in the afternoon, means the initiative has secured enough backing to force the European Commission to provide a detailed response.

The United Nations has called for a global ban, describing such practices — based on the erroneous belief that homosexuality is a disorder — as discriminatory, humiliating and a violation of bodily integrity.

Yet, in the European Union, only eight out of 27 nations — France, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Greece — have enacted a full ban, according to the LGBTQ rights group ILGA.

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🎉 1 million of you said no to conversion ‘therapy’!

🌈 Thanks to all of your signatures and to @ACT_LGBT , this will now be in the hands of the European Commission!

💪 Together, we can ban conversion ‘therapy’ from Europe. pic.twitter.com/BBKNOUsK86

— European Greens (@europeangreens) May 16, 2025