More Than a Law Change was an online conversation about gender identity conversion practices with the Counting Ourselves researchers that we hosted on Thursday 4 November 2021.
New data released from the Counting Ourselves survey affirms that almost 1 in 5 trans and non-binary people have had a health professional try to stop them being trans or non-binary. Those who had experienced these gender identity conversion practices were more likely to have worse mental health.
Effectively stopping conversion practices will require more than a law change. We need to resource provision of support for survivors and education and support for whānau so that all trans and non-binary people grow up feeling safe and loved.