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CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 1 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Dave

* Last name Meyers

Email [email protected]

Phone (403) 286-4477 Ext. 703

* Subject Proposed Prohibited Businesses Bylaw (Conversion Therapy)

Laws are very easy to create but extremely difficult to erase. Because of this, it’s essential that much thought and consideration be given when it comes to putting into place legislation that seeks to ban Conversation Therapy.

As a spiritual leader who has been pastoring in this City for over 30 years, there have been several occasions when individuals have come into my office experiencing what they would describe as “same-sex attraction”. That being said, because of their Chris- tin faith, they are still very much wanting to live their lives in obedience to the guide- lines for sexuality that are laid for them in scripture. Because of this, they value both the one-on-one counseling, and the weekly teachings, our church provides for them. My concern is that if the city chooses to put into place a broad and ambiguous ban on what they define as Conversation Therapy, these individuals will no longer be able to receive the level of care, counseling, and spiritual support they are seeking. As a * Comments - please refrain from result, this will become a denial of their human rights. providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 Another concern I have about recklessly adopting a broad ban on Conversion Therapy characters) is that it will open the city up to possible litigation. As a Christian Pastor who believes in the inherency of scripture, I am protected under the Federal Charter to practice my faith as it calls me to. Any law restricting, or prohibiting me from doing this would be a violation of my religious freedoms and would result in me having to exercise my rights through litigation. As a result, this could get very messy and costly for the city.

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I feel a balanced approach on a Conversion Therapy bylaw should ban inhumane practices such as coercion, shock treatment, “praying the gay out of a person" but for those seeking to live their Christian faith as the Bible defines it, we should never restrict or prohibit their right for spiritual counsel, teaching, and support.

In conclusion, I am not against a bylaw banning Conversion Therapy but it must be very clear and specific in regards to exactly what it is banning.

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* First name The Rev.

* Last name Herold

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036850903

* Subject Proposed Bylaws regarding Conversion Therapy in Calgary

* Comments - please refrain from I am the assistant priest of St. Laurence Anglican Church, in Lakeview. I am writing to providing personal information in express my full support for an enforceable bylaw against all forms of conversion ther- this field (maximum 2500 apy. Individuals who I have met who have endured such treatments have been deeply characters) traumatized.

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* First name Doug

* Last name Schroeder

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Bylaw against conversion therapy

I am firmly against conversion therapy and want to register my agreement with the * Comments - please refrain from bylaw being considered to ban this practice. It has taken us far too long as a society to providing personal information in recognize the harm done by residential schools and other government programs that this field (maximum 2500 attempted to assimilate and eradicate Indigenous cultures. Let's not take as long to characters) recognize the same damage that is being done by conversation therapy programs.

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8:38:13 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 4 Public Submission

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* First name Steven

* Last name Lubiarz

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-560-9279

* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy, SUPPORT OF MOTION

I ask that all City of Calgary councillor members support and vote in favor of the Motion to Ban Conversion Therapy. If the City of Calgary continues to promote that the city is a welcoming City for all people regardless of gender or sexual orientation, then all city * Comments - please refrain from of Calgary Councillor members should vote in favor of this by-law. I also support that providing personal information in Council direct Administration to draft a bylaw to prohibit the business practice of con- this field (maximum 2500 version therapy including a fine for those advertising or offering conversion therapy characters) services within Calgary and return to Council through the Standing Policy Committee on Com- munity and Protective Services no later than Q1 2020.

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* First name Brent

* Last name Trask

Email [email protected]

Phone 4037032486

* Subject Proposed conversion therapy bylaw

Dear SPC Members,

I received the invitation below from Stacey Mcmanaman to engage on this subject and add my voice regarding a proposed Bylaw to ban conversion therapy. I appreciate the invitation and ethic Council has to reach out to the grassroots for wisdom. I would like to offer my comments, but I have searched the City of Calgary webpage and Googled for further information but can not find any link that actually shows the proposed Bylaw in question. Additionally, a big concern for many on this issue is in defining exactly * Comments - please refrain from what is meant by ‘conversion therapy’. Can you please send me link or copy of content providing personal information in on both of these matters? this field (maximum 2500 characters) Regardless as to the content of both the proposed Bylaw and working definition the City of Calgary will be using, my overarching comment to City Council is that this is not City Council work. The Federal Gov't is already working on Bill C8 in this regard. City Council should stay in their own lane and focus on their core business.

Thank you for hearing me out!

Brent Trask Ward 2 Resident/Hawkwood

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Brent

* Last name Trask

Email [email protected]

Phone 4037032486

* Subject Proposed Bylaw on Conversion Therapy

Dear Members of SPC,

I just wrote you a few minutes ago - and maxed out my message length. So, here is 'page two' on the subject:).

As stated, I don't think the City should be in the business of expressing bylaws on matters of people's sexuality. Nonetheless, if the City is going to proceed regardless...

I think all Calgarians (definitely including me) are ALREADY fully on the anti-bullying page - and have no interest in ANYONE being shamed, abused, coerced or badgered in any way when it comes to their sexuality. We want to make sure that everyone is safe, welcome and treated with respect in our city.

Based on what I have seen in Edmonton and St Albert bylaw models, they have have not thought deeply enough to protect vulnerable people and the human rights and freedom of expression that individuals inherently should be supported in. As I understand it, the blanket 'ban on conversion therapy movement' (based on current definitions of what conversion therapy is/isn't) will in fact bring further harm to some vulnerable people. Whether intentional or not, in attempting to do good in protecting some vulnerable people's sexual choice freedoms it is done so at the expense of other people's sexual choice freedoms. We must be very careful with this as a poorly written bylaw will potentially harm (perhaps inadvertently) and restrict people's sexual freedoms and

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personal ethics. * Comments - please refrain from

providing personal information in City council has the ability to bring different groups within our city together. I appreciate this field (maximum 2500 the wisdom of council to consult with Calgarians to craft a bylaw that works for every- characters) one (even though I think we should not craft a bylaw on this matter at all).

Provisions should be included that allow Calgarians to get the help and support they want when it comes to their sexuality and gender identity.

There are three things I am asking the city to include in any bylaw:

• voluntary, informed choices of individuals concerning their own sexuality and gender identity

• the right of individuals to de-transition

• cultural diversity and the right of persons, families and religious communities to express and maintain their beliefs about sexuality and gender

Thank you for considering my voice and representing me in City Council. You have a tough job and I appreciate your leadership in serving Calgarians to have great city in which to live, love, work, worship and play.

Sincerely,

Brent Trask Ward 8 Resident/Hawkwood

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* First name Shylo

* Last name Rosborough

Email [email protected]

Phone 7802444633

* Subject Comments concerning the Conversion Therapy Bylaws

Hello, I am writing in favour of the banning of Conversion Therapy. This bylaw will make the lives of LGBTQ+ people so much better. Conversion Therapy is a tool used by conservative Christians who believe that it is possible to become straight/cisgender with therapy, prayer and other means. I have been subjected to Conversion Therapy by a program called Journey Canada without my consent while I attended a faith- based education centre. This type of therapy had caused me to go into a deep depres- * Comments - please refrain from sion, become anxiety-ridden, continue/prolong my use of self-harm, and aided my providing personal information in additions to drugs and alcohol. Conversion Therapy kills people as they are told that this field (maximum 2500 they are broken and are in need of fixing. There is no need for this type of therapy to characters) be legal. Studies have shown that it is ineffective and barbaric. I support the bylaw and condemn the use of any further conversion Therapy. I now work for the United Church of Canada as the affirming ministries Coordinator and it is my job and passion to advocate for the FULL INCLUSION of LGBTQ+ people in churches or other faith-based communities. Please think about the people in your city who are counting on you to proceed with this ban. Be leaders and advocate for your people!

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1:24:04 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 7 Public Submission

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* First name Tony

* Last name Snow

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038707801

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

The barbaric practice of psychological manipulation of people based on sexual orientation is abhorrent. As a person in clergy who has had to deal with the impacts of this trauma that has affected people in the LGBTQ and Two-Spirit communities, I can attest to the harm this has brought to people, their families and their loved ones. We can not tolerate conversion therapy and must identify it as the hate crime it is. This is the first * Comments - please refrain from step in righting our relationship with people of different backgrounds and orientations, providing personal information in in order to build the inclusive and diverse society we say we want as Canadians. The this field (maximum 2500 more we tolerate hate and the crushing of people’s spirits to conform to our expecta- characters) tions of them, the more we belittle the gift of life we have been given to be a force for good in this world. We have lost far too many good people in this isolating and debili- tating experiment in mind control and psychological dissociation. We must be clear that people have the freedom to live as they choose under the Charter of Rights and Free- doms in Canada, and we must uphold those laws above the practices that are only meant to harm our weakest and most vulnerable populations.

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1:24:53 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 8 Public Submission

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* First name Devynne

* Last name Wonnacott

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support for Conversion Therapy Bylaws

It is important for Calgary to be firm and clear in ensuring that Conversion Therapy is not, in any way, supported within our fine city. We are moving beyond hate - self-hate, religious hate, with the ban on Conversion * Comments - please refrain from Therapy. providing personal information in As an active and involved member of Robert McClure United Church, in northeast Cal- this field (maximum 2500 gary, a proud Affirming congregation, I am asking City Council to ensure that people in characters) the LQBTQ+ community are no longer hurt, alienated or psychologically or spiritually destroyed by Conversion Therapy. Thank you!

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* First name Rev. Liz

* Last name Carter-Morgan

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Supporting the ban on conversion therapy

I support the ban on the harmful practise of conversion therapy. As a Christian, I believe that all people are made in the image of God and it is deeply wrong to try to change fundamental aspects of people such as their gender identity and sexual orientation away from the diversity that God intended. * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I believe that my religious freedom should be limited at the point where I cause harm to this field (maximum 2500 others. We know these practises are harmful, particularly to the vulnerable people characters) forced into them by families and churches as an alternative to losing support. As long as the lie that this sort of therapy can work is allowed to be spread, it will be used as an excuse to emotionally and spiritually abuse vulnerable people.

Please Calgary, set an example by banning conversion therapy.

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1:30:56 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 10 Public Submission

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* First name Phil

* Last name Holck

Email [email protected]

Phone 403.813.6797

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaws

I am Senior Pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Calgary and I strongly encourage the City Council to draft bylaws that protect the rights of the LGBTQ2S+ community. In particular, I support the ban on so-called "conversion therapy" and * Comments - please refrain from encourage the Council to adopt bylaws which prohibit this practice. It hurts my soul providing personal information in that some Christians use the Bible to justify inflicting this kind of mental and psycholog- this field (maximum 2500 ical distress on people in the name of "curing them." Please continue your compas- characters) sionate and affirming steps to make it clear that Calgary is not a place held hostage by such small-minded thinking and fear-filled practices... especially when done in the name of the compassionate, loving God that I know and preach about.

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2:03:40 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 11 Public Submission

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* First name Linda

* Last name Bossler

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support of a By Law banning Conversion Therapy in Calgary

As a member of an Affriming Congregation at Robert McClure United Church, I am writing in support of a robust by law, completely banning the use of conversion therapy in Calgary. I was present Feb 3 in a rainbow filled council chamber when City Council * Comments - please refrain from voted unanimously in favour of such a by law. Now is the time to move forward with a providing personal information in strong by law that forbids the practice of any form of conversion therapy. Our congre- this field (maximum 2500 gation openly declares, "You belong because you are!" The City also needs to state characters) clearly to LGBTQ2S+ individuals that no matter how you identify, you belong in Cal- gary and you are safe here just as you are. I ask all council members to keep the pledge made Feb 3, 2020 and move forward with a comprehensive by law to once and for all ban this horrendous practice commonly known as conversion therapy.

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2:09:44 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 12 Public Submission

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* First name Laura

* Last name Maloney

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject In support of a conversion therapy ban

To Calgary City Council: As a mother of two boys and a woman of faith, I feel it is critical that Calgary join other municipalities and lead the way by banning the horrific and damaging practice of conversion therapy. This abuse is often cloaked in the guise of * Comments - please refrain from faith or prayer, but the idea that a young person struggling with their identity and sexu- providing personal information in ality would be subjected to emotional, spiritual, psychological and physical damage this field (maximum 2500 perpetrated by trusted authority figures is deeply disturbing. This practice does happen characters) in our city, it is abusive and damaging, and it must stop. My faith is expansive. God, Creator, Science, whatever higher power you turn to, affirms the sacred beauty, value and diversity of humanity. Do not allow hate and abuse to get a pass. Hold firm, and do what is right, what is just. We are counting on you.

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2:21:50 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 13 Public Submission

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* First name Jan

* Last name Langille

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Supporting the bylaw to ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I'd like to voice my support for banning Conversion Therapy in Calgary (and across this field (maximum 2500 Canada). I can't think of a more toxic, cruel & life-threatening practice. characters)

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2:23:42 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 14 Public Submission

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* First name David

* Last name Saude

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy CPS2020-0532

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in My statement is attached. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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Submission to City Council Regarding Banning Conversion Therapy

May 8, 2020

I am writing in favor of the proposed bylaw banning “restorative” or “conversion” therapy in Calgary. People struggle with disapproval of sexual orientation, gender identity and sexual expression. It is hard to “come out” to people who love them, much less people who disapprove. The statistics that 18-28% of GBT2Q men have experienced SOGIECE indicates a great pressure to conform to social expectations and to submit to what some call “restorative” or “reparative” treatment. This treatment is intrusive and destructive. It is not proven effective. It is not grounded in accepted psychological understanding, principles or procedures. My spirituality, theology and biblical interpretations require me to embrace those who are different, protect those who are vulnerable, and defend those coerced by injustice. I am a retired Lutheran pastor with forty-five years of experience, with significant training and experience in counselling, including counselling to “repair” the destructive attempts at so-called “reparative” therapy. City Council is undertaking to protect vulnerable people. The push-back you will receive is indicative of the oppressive, harmful pressure regularly experienced by vulnerable people. Please vote in favor of this bylaw for the protection of these vulnerable citizens.

Respectfully, Rev. Dr. David Saude CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 15 Public Submission

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* First name Erin

* Last name Jenkins

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038637593

* Subject In support of conversion therapy ban

I am writing to express my strong support for the ban on conversion therapy in the city * Comments - please refrain from of Calgary. Conversion therapy is abusive, cruel, grounded in misinformation, and sub- providing personal information in verts the rights and freedoms of the individual in favour of bigoted religious belief. Per- this field (maximum 2500 sonal religious views have NO place being imposed upon others, there is no room for characters) hateful practices like this to receive any kind of sanctioning within the city of Calgary (or anywhere else).

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From: Marc Linteau To: Public Submissions Subject: [EXT] Conversion therapy Date: Friday, May 08, 2020 3:14:21 PM

I just wanted to clearly state that I am completely against this for several reasons. This, in fact goes completely against the religious freedom act and we will be fighting this one up to the highest level of court. As a side note, I do agree that everything that we say and do should be said and done in love no matter what side we are on and protecting everyone can be accomplished no matter what side we are on.

Best Regards,

Marc Linteau CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 17 Public Submission

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* First name Charlene

* Last name Baker

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

Dear City Council members, as a long time resident of Calgary, my home by choice, I want to express my deep and sincere hope that today you will make the correct choice for our city and its entire population when you sign the ban on conversion therapy * Comments - please refrain from inside our city limits. This is not a matter of LGBTQ+ rights, this is a Human Rights providing personal information in issue! Therefore, I encourage you to take a stand to protect those vulnerable members this field (maximum 2500 of our society, our neighbours in this community. I believe the majority of our fellow citi- characters) zens abhor the prejudice and discrimination faced by those who identify as members of LGBTQ+ who lest we forget are also very much full and contributing members of our society! Please, make the fair and just decision BAN CONVERSION THERAPY in Cal- gary now!

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3:30:15 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 18 Public Submission

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* First name Myrl

* Last name Eddy

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034643215

* Subject Bylaw against conversion therapy

I am writing to express my support for strict and enforceable bylaws against conversion therapy. The proposed bylaw is comprehensive and strong and needs to be enforceable. It is well known that conversion therapy is psychologically damaging as it attempts to get people to deny their true selves. It requires the victim to change their * Comments - please refrain from sexual orientation or gender expression (in other words, their SELVES) to something providing personal information in other than the way they were created. The perpetrators ("therapists") may feel this is this field (maximum 2500 necessary, from THEIR point of view, but it is each person's human right to express characters) their gender and their sexual orientation according to their own feelings. No other human has the right to decide that for another. As a person of faith and conviction that God has created ALL HUMANS IN A UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL WAY, I call on the City of Calgary to pass and uphold the Bylaws against conversion therapy!

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3:36:29 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 19 Public Submission

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* First name Samuel

* Last name Bossler

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038305831

* Subject Conversion therapy Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from I am writing to show my support for the Conversion Therapy Bylaw. It is unconsciona- providing personal information in ble that anyone should be forced to be something they are not. No one decides on this field (maximum 2500 their sexual orientation. It is part of who they are. How two consenting adults choose characters) to relate to each other is no ones business but theirs.

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* First name Chris

* Last name Mah Poy

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034634031

* Subject RE: Conversion Therapy Ban

Dear Mayor and Council, As a Calgarian and a member of the United Church of Canada, I wish to strongly state my support for the City bylaw banning the practice of “conversion therapy” within the City of Calgary. As proud ally of the LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit community, I know that the practice of so called “conversion therapy” is lethal, toxic and harms people of all * Comments - please refrain from ages and identities, and as a Christian I find the practice of “conversion therapy” mor- providing personal information in ally repugnant and an affront to the basic principles of human dignity. Calgary is an this field (maximum 2500 incredible city and I am so grateful for the growing community of Calgarians of all faiths characters) and backgrounds that are standing united in affirming the sexual orientations and gender identities of all Calgarians and all Canadians. Again, I wish to strongly state my support for the bylaw and I hope that very soon the practice of “conversion therapy” will be made illegal in Calgary and all of Canada. Sincerely, Chris Mah Poy

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3:45:16 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 21 Public Submission

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* First name Janet

* Last name Wilson

Email [email protected]

Phone 403 8193042

* Subject Banning of Conversion Therapy

I appreciate everyone is entitled to express their opinion and beliefs on conversion * Comments - please refrain from therapy. But I fail to understand why those who do not support the banning of conver- providing personal information in sion therapy feel they have the right and the power to impose their opinions and beliefs this field (maximum 2500 on all other people. Failing to ban conversion therapy a failure to consider the well characters) being and health of all Alberta citizens. I fully support the banning of conversion therapy

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4:16:37 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 22 Public Submission

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* First name Andy

* Last name Porter

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-254-0050

* Subject bylaws against conversion therapy

On Feb 3, City Council approved a motion to draft bylaws against conversion therapy and I am delighted. This effort to protect individuals (particularly children and young adults) is overdue and very necessary. I an sure you have had many missives against * Comments - please refrain from this motion - primarily from well organized, ultra-conservative religious groups who providing personal information in totally ignore the science of this issue. Sexual orientation is universally acknowledged this field (maximum 2500 by the scientific community to be not a choice but is inborn. Conversion therapy is a characters) cruel and pointless attempt to make everyone conform to a noisy minority's view of the world. It is nothing less than torture of the innocent. Please have the courage to stand up to the hate and bigotry of the religious right and pass the strongest possible laws against the barbarism of conversion therapy.

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4:27:38 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 23 Public Submission

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* First name Donna

* Last name Scott

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject I SUPPORT BYLAWS BANNING CONVERSION THERAPY!

Please vote in favour of banning this antiquated, hideous and inhumane, completely * Comments - please refrain from unjust practice. providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 Thank you. characters) >Donna Scott, Chair, United Church of Canada Affirming Ministry, Canmore Branch

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5:19:22 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 24 Public Submission

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* First name B

* Last name Adair

Email [email protected]

Phone 4037418984

* Subject Conversion Therapy

I am a paramedic. I’m a foster parent. I teach first aid and CPR classes. I’m working through nursing school. I have my own consulting business.

I’ve saved more lives than I can remember at this point. More if you include anyone saved that took a CPR course from me.

I’m a volunteer. I’m a member of multiple healthcare advisory councils where we work to improve patient care for Albertans. I’m passionate about advocacy. I’m a caregiver.

I coach kids’ hockey and baseball. I’m an uncle. I’m a son.

I’m a really good person. I make others smile. I’d give my last dollar to a friend. I love. I care. I provide. I support.

I’m also gay. And transgender.

Do the last two words erase the rest? Am I no longer human enough to be treated with respect? Dignity?

Can you tell me why it is okay to allow someone to legally try and ‘fix’ me?

* Comments - please refrain from What’s broken?

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providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 I will tell you what used to be broken. My soul. Seven years ago I met my person. They characters) helped me learn and understand what it was like to live authentically. To come out as the real me.

It changed everything.

I no longer hate living inside my own skin. I no longer scream at the person in the mirror. I no longer want to kill the person staring back at me. Being allowed and encouraged to be myself, saved *MY* life.

By allowing conversion therapy to be legal, you are killing that person. You are deleting all of the good things that person would have done.

Misinterpreted words in a book don’t give anyone the right to change someone’s true identity. To correct mistakes that don’t exist.

Conversion therapy is dangerous. It’s unethical. It’s an accomplice to murder.

Conversion therapy needs to be banned. In Calgary. In Alberta. In Canada. Across the world.

Start that process now.

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* First name Susan

* Last name Plesuk

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* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support the motion to ban Conversion Therapy in Calgary. It is harmful to individuals - this field (maximum 2500 works to change their sense of self and who they are as human beings characters)

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* First name Heather

* Last name Shaw

Email [email protected]

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* Subject ConversionTherapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from Conversion Therapy impacts all of us and we know that there are hundreds people providing personal information in who are subjected to conversion therapy programs and 'counselling' here in Calgary this field (maximum 2500 (and thousands across the country), every day. It is lethal, toxic, and harms people of characters) all ages and identities.

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* First name Marie

* Last name Marple

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-242-4875

* Subject The bylaw to ban Conversion Therapy

I have been actively involved in a Christian Church (Knox Presbyterian Church, Cal- gary) since 1989. Prior to that I was an active member of Christian churches in another province since I was born. I am 65 years old and grew up in a small rural community. I am a nurse, a mother, a wife and a friend to many and am STRONGLY in support of the bylaw that will result in BANNING the horrific practise of Conversion Therapy. I have 'knowingly' had LGBTQ people in my life since the early 70's. As a mother of a high school student in the late 90’s I witnessed the devastation of conversion therapy on one of my daughter's close friends. As a nurse I had occasion to work with members of the LGBTQ community on numerous occasions and in various spe- cialities. I worked in addictions in both Pictou, NS and Calgary, AB, and in both places I had the opportunity to witness first hand the desperate effects of trying to deal * Comments - please refrain from with ones sexual orientation. This manifested itself in drug and alcohol issues/abuse, providing personal information in attempts at suicide (some successful) and yes, for some, also complicated by the fall- this field (maximum 2500 out from having experienced conversion therapy. The suicide statistics are high for characters) LGBTQ, I suspect it is higher amongst those who have experienced Conversion Ther- apy. As an Occupational Health Nurse I have worked with individuals ‘coming out’ in their place of employment. Again, the struggles are real, and dealing with bullies is common. It is ironic that many or most of the cases I came to know had a very negative experience relating to non-acceptance by the church they or their families were associated with. As a community member and church member I have actively wel- comed all - just as they are, straight, gay, transgendered, etc. I suspect that this therapy is primarily given by people who are not qualified or trained specifically in counsel-

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ling or psychotherapy (ie. religious leaders?) and that these are people with intolerant assumptions about sexual or gender identity. This is 2020, we have come a long way, but opposition to this bylaw discourages me terribly. I hope and trust that our City Council will support this bylaw unanimously! Thanks for all that you do!

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* First name Brie

* Last name Nelson

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-305-3570

* Subject Support for a Calgary bylaw to ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I want to express my full support for the Mayor and Council to pass the bylaw to ban this field (maximum 2500 conversion therapy. Attached is my letter of support. characters)

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Re: Letter in support of the ban on conversion therapy

Dear Calgary Mayor and Council,

Thank you to Councillor Evan Woolley, Mayor Naheed Nenshi and councillors Druh Farrell, Gian-Carlo Carra, Jyoti Gondek and Peter Demongfor for bringing forward the Notice of Motion for a ban on conversion therapy. Thank you to the whole city council for unanimously supporting the motion in February of this year.

I support a ban on conversion therapy to protect LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people. I support wording in the bylaw being sufficiently broad that there are not loopholes or alternatives in naming and terminologies allowing conversion therapy to still be practiced. I support that the bylaw include a fine for those advertising or offering conversion therapy services.

As a member of the United Church of Canada, and as someone who identifies as religious, I feel guilt and frustration that religious institutions have forced so many people to feel guilt, self-loathing and kill themselves due to identities that in whatever way do not ‘conform’. The United Church of Canada affirms that sexual orientations and gender identities are gifts from God, part of the marvellous diversity of creation. We affirm the value and dignity of all people. This is why we reject any therapy or practice that labels LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people as abnormal, broken, or not whole in any other way.

I see conversion therapy as an area where laws are essential to protect citizens from each other and from themselves. And if it is perceived to infringe on religious freedoms (which I do not believe is the case), I see this as a place where that is, in fact, necessary.

Conversion therapy is part of a much bigger societal problem of requiring people to conform to restrictive societal norms. There are many things that need to be done to address the societal harms that minority groups experience, and in this case the myriad ways that LGBTQIA+ and Two-Spirit people are made to feel they are not accepted for who they are. The document “Ending conversion therapy in Canada: Survivors, community leaders, researchers, and allies address the current and future states of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts” discusses the need for a multi- faceted and multi-stakeholder response. It identifies four categories of interventions needed: 1) Support for survivors, 2) Legislative action and policy, 3) Changing institutions, and 4) Communications. I am very glad and grateful that the you, the Mayor and Council of the City of Calgary, have already taken this necessary action of creating a bylaw to ban conversion therapy.

I am very pleased and proud to be a citizen of a city that has taken such a strong stance to outlaw such a harmful practice, and to protect its citizens.

Sincerely,

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From: [email protected] To: Public Submissions Subject: [EXT] Conversion therapy Bill Date: Friday, May 08, 2020 9:50:50 PM

To whom it may concern, I am against the Conversion therapy bill which is an infringement on our freedom of rights. Please vote “No” to this bill. Thank you, Muriel Meyers

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* First name Heather

* Last name Morigeau

Email [email protected]

Phone 406050107

* Subject Ban conversion abuse

If you ask most churches and faith organizations they will say they do not have “conversation therapy” in their ministry. Yet they still do hiding in covert “treatment” programs. Groups like Journey Canada lure people and eventually try to “treat” their homosexual or gender identity as either a sin or an addiction. * Comments - please refrain from Celebrate Life has been treating LGBTQAI2S people as having “sexual addictions” as providing personal information in use “Christ centred 12 steps” to “cure these unwanted urges” this field (maximum 2500 characters) Other churches just focus on indoctrination of “one man and one woman” into their children until their only way out is running away or suicide.

Please ban these groups and investigate them. Please use any money from bylaw fines to go towards therapy and support for conversion abuse survivors.

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* First name Leah

* Last name Nicholson

Email [email protected]

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* Subject Conversion Therapy is Abuse

I cannot stress enough how important this bylaw passing is to me, my community, my * Comments - please refrain from friends, and my family. Please vote for this bylaw and help protect the entire city from providing personal information in hate, violence, and bigotry. It’s the moral thing to do. It’s the right move for a progres- this field (maximum 2500 sive city. The pain of this not being an obvious decision is too much for decent people characters) to handle at this already difficult time. This is an easy win. Please make the right choice. I beg you. Please.

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* First name Lucretia

* Last name Martenet

Email [email protected]

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* Subject Conversion therapy bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from I support the anti conversion therapy bylaw. While I support individual counselling for providing personal information in persons concerned with their sexual orientation, I do not support involuntary, forced this field (maximum 2500 so-called therapy. This must always be a matter of personal choice. A person’s soul is characters) their own.

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* First name Marcia

* Last name Amaral

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support for the bylaw to Against Conversion Therapy

Good Morning City Council, I am writing today to support the bylaw to Ban conversion therapy. I am an active member of Hillhurst United Church. I feel strongly that no one should be harmed, mentally or physically, for their sexual orientation. We know that City Admin has been very detailed in their report and that the proposed bylaw is comprehensive and strong. It will apply to all groups and all ages, and will prohibit any form of advertising. Which is exactly what we need! * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion Therapy impacts all of us and we know that there are hundreds people this field (maximum 2500 who are subjected to conversion therapy programs and 'counseling' here in Calgary characters) (and thousands across the country), every day. It is lethal, toxic, and harms people of all ages and identities.

On Wednesday May 13 please do your part to keep Calgary a safe and loving city for us all. Amen

Marcia Amaral

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* First name Leigh

* Last name Metcalfe

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036044120

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Conversion therapy must be banned. Full stop. For all ages, for all religious associa- providing personal information in tions, for all citizens. this field (maximum 2500 Please put an end to this vile practice that has devastated too many lives already. characters) Thank you

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* First name Dana

* Last name Olsen

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-466-7840

* Subject Conversion therapy bylaws

* Comments - please refrain from Please ensure we have strict and enforceable bylaws banning conversion therapy! We providing personal information in can not condone torture. Please make the penalties high, to ensure people understand this field (maximum 2500 the devastation this “therapy” aka torture causes. The city needs money, make the fine characters) 500,000 and our taxes can go down thanks to hateful groups. Win win!

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* First name Daniel

* Last name Conversion Therapy Ban

Email [email protected]

Phone 5195006215

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

Hello,

I am calling on the city of Calgary to ban Conversion Therapy. If you would like to know more about why banning Conversion Therapy is personally very important to me, please contact me, at any time of day or night and I will be more than happy to elucidate.

Call me. E-mail me.

* Comments - please refrain from I'll respond. providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 I am calling on you to ban this terrible, terrible practice and make Calgary a safe place characters) for those of us who love differently than the majority.

This is not about religious freedom. It is not about "silencing Jesus-followers" (which I still am). It is about not allowing organizations to make fraudulent claims and take people's money and time, giving them in exchange dubious psychological information and practices that are widely reported to produce harm.

https://ilga.org/Conversion-therapy-global-research-ILGA-World? fbclid=IwAR3WMu2I0sugxKgwczmFbjsv_mfL4QHt9r8-s5wBnUd52bsKfdUuVHGfFX8

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Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser

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* First name Craig

* Last name Steel

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject In Support of the ban on conversion therapy

Dear Sirs. I know that you will hear and read many submissions from people who would cloak themselves in "religious freedom" as a disguise for their homophobia. I want you to know that there are many more people out there - the silent majority - who are not being driven to comment by religious zealots claiming an "attack on our way of life". These people are not christian, they are bigots. And bigots have no place in deciding * Comments - please refrain from the rules by which the rest of us get to live our lives. Conversion Brainwashing (I providing personal information in refuse to allow these people to set the agenda by co-opting the term "therapy") has no this field (maximum 2500 value and damages the mental state of those who are subject to its horrors. There is characters) absolutely no therapeutic value to the practice. It's as barbaric as female genital mutilation, it's just that the damage is mental and invisible instead of physical. Please don't allow these people to set Calgary back to the Stone Age by failing to pass this bylaw. The City of Calgary cannot condone religiously motivated bigotry and homophobia ... and make no mistake, failing to pass this bylaw will allow these people to claim victory. That's not what I want in the City I love.

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* First name Lois

* Last name Hamilton

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

I am 100% AGAINST conversion therapy. It is very destructive to any human being to have people think that there is something inherently wrong with them, something that requires changing them so they can be acceptable to society. Transgender people already have an unimaginable amount of prejudice within our society and this deplorable sanctimonious approach to them is just adding to their fight to feel worthy. From a mental wellness perspective, this is so destructive. What other segment of the population is subject to such abhorrent behaviour? None. Do we really want to promote such * Comments - please refrain from intolerance? Conversion Therapy comes from the assumption that something is wrong providing personal information in with these people and it may be veiled as trying to help their mental health instead of this field (maximum 2500 for the blatant intolerance that it is. Transgender people have mental health issues characters) because society doesn’t understand or support them. Conversion Therapy is an affir- mation that society doesn’t support them. To allow or promote conversion therapy is adding to the mental health burden and is very contradictory to the mental health initia- tives that this city is promoting. This is not the kind of city that I want to live in. Think of the mental wellness of your fellow human beings. Education around what it means to be transgender should be the focus here. Transgender people have existed for many years and conversion therapy is not going to wipe that out, it would just create further damage.

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* First name Margaret

* Last name Huising

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038033464

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaws May 13

I am writing in support of the bylaws against conversion therapy. I am a Christian. I believe that we are all children of god no matter what our sexual orientation. I believe that we all deserve to be loved no matter what our sexual orientation. I believe as human beings we all are created differently, and that these differences should be honoured and celebrated. I believe that my god does not frown upon those whose sexual orientation is different * Comments - please refrain from mine. providing personal information in I do not believe in conversion therapy; I think it is wrong and believe it is very harmful this field (maximum 2500 to make people who have an alternative sexual orientation be made to believe that characters) they are abnormal, need repairing or that their sexual feelings should be suppressed. I believe we need strict and enforceable bylaws at a local level to ensure that the rights of individuals whose sexual orientation may be different from main stream are not subjected to conversion therapy.

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* First name Kaylee

* Last name Knox

Email [email protected]

Phone 4032008167

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaws

I am writing in support of the bylaws against conversion therapy. Conversion therapy * Comments - please refrain from negatively impacts and harms our entire community and we need bylaws like this to providing personal information in protect vulnerable people from this abusive form of "counselling." With bylaws such as this field (maximum 2500 this one against conversion therapy we can begin to tackle some of the issues that dis- characters) proportionately impact the LGBTQ+ community such as higher rates of suicide and youth experiencing homelessness. Thank you for your time.

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* First name Terrance

* Last name Gregoraschuk

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw - Wednesday, May 13, 2020

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in My vote is against any type of Conversion Therapy. Let's not regress back to the dark this field (maximum 2500 ages! characters)

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https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy

• The Lies and Dangers of Efforts to Change Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

Filed under: Health & Aging

So-called “conversion therapy,” sometimes known as “reparative therapy,” is a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Such practices have been rejected by every mainstream medical and mental health organization for decades, but due to continuing discrimination and societal bias against LGBTQ people, some practitioners continue to conduct conversion therapy. Minors are especially vulnerable, and conversion therapy can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide.

To date, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico all have laws or regulations protecting youth from this harmful practice. Seven of these state laws were enacted under Republican governors. A growing number of municipalities have also enacted similar protections, including at least sixty cities and counties in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin.

On three occasions—April 2019, February 2016, and May 2015—the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) allowed decisions of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding New Jersey’s anti-conversion therapy law to remain in effect. SCOTUS also refused to hear challenges to California's anti-conversion therapy law in May of 2017 and June of 2014, leaving in place decisions of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals afﬁrming the law’s constitutionality.

According to a recent report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, an estimated 20,000 LGBTQ minors in states without protections will be subjected to conversion therapy by a licensed healthcare professional if state ofﬁcials fail to act. In April 2018, national organizations representing millions of licensed medical and mental health care professionals, educators, and child welfare advocates declared their support for legislative protections against conversion therapy.

Some right-wing religious groups promote the concept that an individual can change their sexual orientation or gender identity, either through prayer or other religious efforts, or through so- called "reparative" or "conversion" therapy. The research on such efforts has disproven their efficacy, and also has indicated that they are affirmatively harmful. Beyond studies focused solely on reparative therapy, broader research clearly demonstrates the significant harm that CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 41a

societal prejudice and family rejection has on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people, particularly youth. Furthermore, there is signiﬁcant anecdotal evidence of harm to LGBTQ people resulting from attempts to change their sexual orientation and gender identity. Based on this body of evidence, every major medical and mental health organization in the United States has issued a statement condemning the use of conversion therapy.

Psychiatrist Dr. L. Spitzer, who once offered a ﬂawed study on reparative therapy, has since denounced the study and has apologized for endorsing the practice.

Research on the Impacts of Reparative Therapy, Harms Caused by Societal Prejudice

In 2007, a task force of the American Psychological Association undertook a thorough review of the existing research on the efficacy of conversion therapy. Their report noted that there was very little methodologically sound research on sexual orientation change efforts (SOCEs) and that the "results of scientifically valid research indicate that it is unlikely that individuals will be able to reduce same-sex attractions or increase other-sex sexual attractions through SOCE." In addition, the task force found that "there are no methodologically sound studies of recent SOCE that would enable the task force to make a definitive statement about whether or not recent SOCE is safe or harmful and for whom." Read the full report.

In short, there is clear evidence that conversion therapy does not work, and some signiﬁcant evidence that it is also harmful to LGBTQ people.

In contrast, there is ample evidence that societal prejudice causes signiﬁcant medical, psychological and other harms to LGBTQ people. For example, research on the issue of family acceptance of LGBTQ youth conducted at San Francisco State University found that "compared with LGBTQ young people who were not rejected or were only a little rejected by their parents and caregivers because of their gay or transgender identity, highly rejected LGBTQ young people were:

Organizational Positions on Reparative Therapy

Declaration on the Impropriety and Dangers of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts

We, as national organizations representing millions of licensed medical and mental health care professionals, educators, and advocates, come together to express our professional and scientiﬁc consensus on the impropriety, inefﬁcacy, and detriments of practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, commonly referred to as “conversion therapy.”

We stand ﬁrmly together in support of legislative and policy efforts to curtail the unscientiﬁc and dangerous practice of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts. CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 41a

American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry

"The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds no evidence to support the application of any “therapeutic intervention” operating under the premise that a specific sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression is pathological. Furthermore, based on the scientific evidence, the AACAP asserts that such “conversion therapies” (or other interventions imposed with the intent of promoting a particular sexual orientation and/or gender as a preferred outcome) lack scientific credibility and clinical utility. Additionally, there is evidence that such interventions are harmful. As a result, “conversion therapies” should not be part of any behavioral health treatment of children and adolescents." The AACAP Policy on “Conversion Therapies”.

American Academy of Pediatrics

"Confusion about sexual orientation is not unusual during adolescence. Counseling may be helpful for young people who are uncertain about their sexual orientation or for those who are uncertain about how to express their sexuality and might profit from an attempt at clarification through a counseling or psychotherapeutic initiative. Therapy directed specifically at changing sexual orientation is contraindicated, since it can provoke guilt and anxiety while having little or no potential for achieving changes in orientation." Homosexuality and Adolescence, Pediatrics.

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

"[T]he association does not consider homosexuality a disorder that requires treatment, and as such, we see no basis for [reparative therapy]. AAMFT expects its members to practice based on the best research and clinical evidence available." AAMFT Position on Couples and Families.

American College of Physicians

"The College opposes the use of “conversion,” “reorientation,” or “reparative” therapy for the treatment of LGBTQ persons." Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health Disparities: Executive Summary of a Policy Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

American Counseling Association

“The belief that same-sex attraction and behavior is abnormal and in need of treatment is in opposition to the position taken by national mental health organizations, including ACA. The ACA Governing Council passed a resolution in 1998 with respect to sexual orientation and mental health. This resolution speciﬁcally notes that ACA opposes portrayals of lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals as mentally ill due to their sexual orientation. . . . In 1999, the Governing Council adopted a statement ‘opposing the promotion of reparative therapy as a cure for individuals who are homosexual.’ . . . CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 41a

[T]he ACA Ethics Committee strongly suggests that ethical professional counselors do not refer clients to someone who engages in conversion therapy or, if they do so, to proceed cautiously only when they are certain that the referral counselor fully informs clients of the unproven nature of the treatment and the potential risks and takes steps to minimize harm to clients. . . . This information also must be included in written informed consent material by those counselors who offer conversion therapy despite ACA’s position and the Ethics Committee’s statement in opposition to the treatment. To do otherwise violates the spirit and speciﬁcs of the ACA Code of Ethics.” Ethical Issues Related to Conversion or Reparative Therapy.

American Medical Association

"Our AMA… opposes, the use of 'reparative' or 'conversion' therapy that is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that the patient should change his/her homosexual orientation." H-160.991, Health Care Needs of the Homosexual Population.

American Psychiatric Association

... In 1997 APA produced a fact sheet on homosexual and bisexual issues, which states that “there is no published scientiﬁc evidence supporting the efﬁcacy of “reparative therapy” as a treatment to change one’s sexual orientation.”

The potential risks of “reparative therapy” are great and include depression, anxiety, and self- destructive behavior, since therapist alignment with societal prejudices against homosexuality may reinforce self-hatred already experienced by the patient. Many patients who have undergone “reparative therapy” relate that they were inaccurately told that homosexuals are lonely, unhappy individuals who never achieve acceptance or satisfaction. The possibility that the person might achieve happiness and satisfying interpersonal relationships as a gay man or lesbian are not presented, nor are alternative approaches to dealing with the effects of societal stigmatization discussed...

Therefore, APA opposes any psychiatric treatment, such as “reparative” or “conversion” therapy, that is based on the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or is based on the a priori assumption that the patient should change his or her homosexual orientation. Position Statement on Psychiatric Treatment and Sexual Orientation).

American Psychoanalytic Association

“As with any societal prejudice, bias against individuals based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression negatively affects mental health, contributing to an enduring sense of stigma and pervasive self-criticism through the internalization of such prejudice.

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substantial psychological pain by reinforcing damaging internalized attitudes.” Position Statement on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Gender Expression.

American Psychological Association

"THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the American Psychological Association afﬁrms that same-sex sexual and romantic attractions, feelings, and behaviors are normal and positive variations of human sexuality regardless of sexual orientation identity;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Psychological Association reafﬁrms its position that homosexuality per se is not a mental disorder and opposes portrayals of sexual minority youths and adults as mentally ill due to their sexual orientation;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Psychological Association concludes that there is insufﬁcient evidence to support the use of psychological interventions to change sexual orientation;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Psychological Association encourages mental health professionals to avoid misrepresenting the efﬁcacy of sexual orientation change efforts by promoting or promising change in sexual orientation when providing assistance to individuals distressed by their own or others' sexual orientation…" Resolution on Appropriate Afﬁrmative Responses to Sexual Orientation Distress and Change Efforts.

American School Counselor Association

"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning (LGBTQ) youth often begin to experience self-identiﬁcation during their pre-adolescent or adolescent years, as do heterosexual youth. These developmental processes are essential cognitive, emotional and social activities, and although they may have an impact on student development and achievement, they are not a sign of illness, mental disorder or emotional problems nor do they necessarily signify sexual activity.

The professional school counselor works with all students through the stages of identity development and understands this development may be more difﬁcult for LGBTQ youth. It is not the role of the professional school counselor to attempt to change a student's sexual orientation/ gender identity but instead to provide support to LGBTQ students to promote student achievement and personal well-being." The Professional School Counselor and LGBTQ Youth.

American School Health Association

“[T]he American School Health Association . . . expects that comprehensive sexuality education in schools will be scientiﬁcally accurate and based on current medical, psychological, pedagogical, educational and social research . . . [and recommends] that teachers be well-trained and competent to teach sexuality education as deﬁned by . . . insight into and acceptance of their CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 41a

own personal feelings and attitudes concerning sexuality topics so personal life experiences do not intrude inappropriately into the educational experience.” Quality Comprehensive Sexuality Education.

National Association of Social Workers

"People seek mental health services for many reasons. Accordingly, it is fair to assert that lesbians and gay men seek therapy for the same reasons that heterosexual people do. However, the increase in media campaigns, often coupled with coercive messages from family and community members, has created an environment in which lesbians and gay men often are pressured to seek reparative or conversion therapies, which cannot and will not change sexual orientation. Aligned with the American Psychological Association's (1997) position, NCLGB [NASW's National Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues] believes that such treatment potentially can lead to severe emotional damage. Speciﬁcally, transformational ministries are fueled by stigmatization of lesbians and gay men, which in turn produces the social climate that pressures some people to seek change in sexual orientation. No data demonstrate that reparative or conversion therapies are effective, and in fact they may be harmful." Position Statement, "Reparative" and "Conversion" Therapies.

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Regional Ofﬁce of the World Health Organization

Services that purport to "cure" people with non-heterosexual sexual orientation lack medical justiﬁcation and represent a serious threat to the health and well-being of affected people, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said in a position statement launched on 17 May, 2012, the International Day against Homophobia. The statement calls on governments, academic institutions, professional associations and the media to expose these practices and to promote respect for diversity. Statement, "Therapies" to change sexual orientation lack medical justiﬁcation and threaten health.

Just the Facts Coalition (American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of School Administrators, American Counseling Association, American Federation of Teachers, American Psychological Association, American School Counselor Association, American School Health Association, Interfaith Alliance Foundation, National Association of School Psychologists, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Association of Social Workers, national Education Association, School Social Work Association of America)

“The most important fact about 'reparative therapy,' also sometimes known as 'conversion' therapy, is that it is based on an understanding of homosexuality that has been rejected by all the major health and mental health professions. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Counseling Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the National Association of Social Workers, together representing more than 477,000 health and mental health professionals, have all taken the position that homosexuality is not a mental disorder and thus there is no need for a 'cure.'” CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 41a

Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators, and School Personnel.

World Psychiatric Association

“There is no sound scientiﬁc evidence that innate sexual orientation can be changed. Furthermore, so-called treatments of homosexuality can create a setting in which prejudice and discrimination ﬂourish, and they can be potentially harmful (Rao and Jacob 2012). The provision of any intervention purporting to “treat” something that is not a disorder is wholly unethical.

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WPA considers same-sex attraction, orientation, and behaviour as normal variants of human sexuality. It recognises the multi-factorial causation of human sexuality, orientation, behaviour, and lifestyle. It acknowledges the lack of scientiﬁc efﬁcacy of treatments that attempt to change sexual orientation and highlights the harm and adverse effects of such “therapies”.” WPA Position Statement on Gender Identity and Same-Sex Orientation, Attraction, and Behaviours

Government Positions on Conversion Therapy

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

“Speciﬁcally, conversion therapy—efforts to change an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression —is a practice that is not supported by credible evidence and has been disavowed by behavioral health experts and associations. Conversion therapy perpetuates outdated views of gender roles and identities as well as the negative stereotype that being a sexual or gender minority or identifying as LGBTQ is an abnormal aspect of human development. Most importantly, it may put young people at risk of serious harm” Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Afﬁrming LGBTQ Youth

Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

“The overwhelming scientiﬁc evidence demonstrates that conversion therapy, especially when it is practiced on young people, is neither medically nor ethically appropriate and can cause substantial harm.

As part of our dedication to protecting America’s youth, this Administration supports efforts to ban the use of conversion therapy for minors….This Administration believes that young people should be valued for who they are, no matter what they look like, where they’re from, the gender with which they identify, or who they love.” Response to Your Petition on Conversion Therapy

Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York

“Conversion therapy is a hateful and fundamentally ﬂawed practice that is counter to everything this state stands for. New York has been at the forefront of acceptance and equality for the CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 41a

LGBTQ community for decades – and today we are continuing that legacy and leading by example. We will not allow the misguided and the intolerant to punish LGBTQ young people for simply being who they are.” Governor Cuomo Announces Executive Actions Banning Coverage of Conversion Therapy

Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey

“…on issues of medical treatment for children we must look to experts in the ﬁeld to determine the relative risks and rewards. The American Psychological Association has found that efforts to change sexual orientation can pose critical health risks including, but not limited to, depression, substance abuse, social withdrawal, decreased self-esteem and suicidal thoughts. I believe that exposing children to these health risks without clear evidence of beneﬁts that outweigh these serious risks is not appropriate.” Gov. Christie Signs Bill Banning Gay Conversion Therapy On Minors

Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon

"There are many things that young people need, but breaking them down based on their sexual or gender identity is not one of them — and in fact, it's inexcusable. Our young people deserve acceptance, support, and love. To the young people who question their identities, suffer from bullying, or struggle with what it means to come out, today is your day. Your voices have been heard." Oregon Gov. Emotionally Signs Conversion Therapy Ban Into Law

Jerry Brown, Governor of California "These practices have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery." Gov. Jerry Brown bans gay-to-straight therapy for minors CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 42 Public Submission

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* First name Mary

* Last name Campbell-Gregoraschuk

Phone 403-243-7786

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw - May 13, 2020

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I do not support any type of Conversion Therapy! this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy

• The Lies and Dangers of Efforts to Change Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

Filed under: Health & Aging

Psychiatrist Dr. L. Spitzer, who once offered a ﬂawed study on reparative therapy, has since denounced the study and has apologized for endorsing the practice.

Research on the Impacts of Reparative Therapy, Harms Caused by Societal Prejudice

In short, there is clear evidence that conversion therapy does not work, and some signiﬁcant evidence that it is also harmful to LGBTQ people.

Organizational Positions on Reparative Therapy

Declaration on the Impropriety and Dangers of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts

American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

American College of Physicians

American Counseling Association

American Medical Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychoanalytic Association

substantial psychological pain by reinforcing damaging internalized attitudes.” Position Statement on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, or Gender Expression.

American Psychological Association

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Psychological Association concludes that there is insufﬁcient evidence to support the use of psychological interventions to change sexual orientation;

American School Counselor Association

American School Health Association

National Association of Social Workers

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Regional Ofﬁce of the World Health Organization

Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation and Youth: A Primer for Principals, Educators, and School Personnel.

World Psychiatric Association

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Government Positions on Conversion Therapy

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York

Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey

Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon

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* First name Kelly

* Last name Jubenvill

Email [email protected]

Phone 4039906183

* Subject In Support of Bylaws Against Conversion Therapy

I wanted to thank the city for pursuing the enactment of bylaws supporting a conversion therapy ban. I have a 21 year old child transitioning. In fact, her surgery was scheduled in Montreal this month but cancelled due to the pandemic. What is helping her to move through this time is the support of immediate family and friends and also * Comments - please refrain from surprising support from her more strictly faith based family. It has been incredibly providing personal information in meaningful to have that family stand up and say "this is you and we love you no matter this field (maximum 2500 what our religion supports". In fact many relieved and happy tears were shed. I can't characters) imagine an alternative scenario which would have asked my child to "convert" who they are as a trans and gay individual. The challenge she rises up to every day is nothing short of inspiring, and should be celebrated and not lost. She takes this strength and gives back to others. This also would have been lost. So, really, just a very sincere thank you.

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* First name James

* Last name Picken

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-805-7404

* Subject Bylaw to ban conversion therapy

I write to support this bylaw. Conversion therapy is a cruel and misguided attempt to change a person's sexual/gender orientation. It is proven not to be effective, and it * Comments - please refrain from does great psychological harm. Some subjects of conversion therapy are led to sui- providing personal information in cide, knowing that they can't change, and believing that God hates them as they are. this field (maximum 2500 Jesus tells us to love our neighbour, not to try to change them. Conversion therapy is characters) about the discomfort of those who practise it, and has nothing to do with the interests of its subjects, who are scarred for life. I strongly oppose conversion therapy and believe it has no place in an advanced society.

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* First name Betty

* Last name Crosby

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Bylaw on baning Conversion Therapy

I am writing this note of support for the Proposed bylaw banning conversion therapy. I believe that conversion therapy is lethal, toxic, and harms people of all ages and identities. Calgary should be leaders in showing that LGBTQ2 identities are valued, and that attempts to repress or deny these identities is nothing less than a form of multi-faceted abuse, * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion therapy has been neither effective at changing sexual orientation or this field (maximum 2500 gender identity, and can cause numerous psychological harms. Conversion therapy characters) Has been shown to cause depression, suicide, self-harming, self-hatred, deep physco- logical wounding.

The proposed bylaw is comprehensive and strong. It will apply to all groups and all ages, and will prohibit any form of advertising. This by-law is based on research and facts and must be passed.

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* First name Marnie

* Last name Schaetti

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban conversion therapy!

Dear Members of City Council,

When I heard several months ago that you had decided to draft bylaws to ban conversion therapy in our city, I was immensely proud to be Calgarian. I want to live in a city that is welcoming to everyone regardless of race, creed, colour, gender identity, or sexual orientation and expression. I want the people who make their homes here to be at home here, and all people who visit to feel the welcome. The very thought of a city like that is invigorating, energizing and hope-full.

Conversion therapy has been so deeply and widely discredited, it’s astonishing to me that we’re still having to discuss whether or not it should be outlawed. I could speak to you about the research, quote it chapter and verse, but I’m assuming you’ve done all that reading already. Instead, I’ll speak more personally.

Gender identity is not a pathology. It simply is. I was identified as female at birth, and, luckily for me, that worked: I have identified as female all my long life. It’s not something I’ve had to strive for, it’s not something I’ve had to be convinced is real. It’s simply the way God made me. And in our culture, that has made my life easy. Yet it’s not easy for dear friends and beloved family members who do not feel connected to the identity * Comments - please refrain from given them at birth. I have seen and felt the difference in them when those around providing personal information in them welcome them for who they are, when they felt safe enough to present as they this field (maximum 2500 experience themselves to be. Why would anyone want anything else?

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characters) Sexuality and sexual expression are also not pathologies. They simply are. I have been heterosexual all my life. It’s not something I worked for or had to convert to: being heterosexual is simply my reality. That has made me lucky in our society because I haven’t had to hide what comes naturally to me from the disapproving gaze of a judgmental culture. I haven’t had to fear for my life or my wellbeing because of that judgment. Yet I do often fear for the life and wellbeing of many friends and family members who do not identify as cis and straight.

Conversion therapy doesn’t work. It leads to profound and unnecessary psychological wounds. It is absolutely the opposite of life-affirming. And it strikes me that only fear and small-mindedness would lead us to want to convert another person away from who they are at their happiest and most grounded.

So I urge you all: Be loving and big-minded. Ban conversion therapy in Calgary!

With appreciation and all best wishes, Ma

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* First name David

* Last name Mellow

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036861410

* Subject Support for bylaw against conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I am in complete support of the bylaw against conversion therapy. Conversion ther- providing personal information in apy is a harmful and discredited practice that inflicts mental harm and reflects dogmatic this field (maximum 2500 prejudice against historically discriminated groups. This is not a matter of majority characters) wishes, as it is simply and gravely immoral.

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* First name Theresa

* Last name Stoodley

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-816-8450

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I am 100% in support of banning conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Tara

* Last name Wannamaker

Email [email protected]

Phone 4037896294

* Subject Please pass bylaws to end conversion therapy in Calgary

Dear Council and Commitee,

I believe that conversion therapy is extremely detrimental to people who are members of the LGTBQ2S community, as well as people who are experiencing questions about their gender or sexual identity.

I do not believe this is a religious matter. It is a matter of human rights. I believe that people have the right to their identity and be free to express themselves. I feel that members of LGTBQ2S community should be free to be who they are and that this * Comments - please refrain from does not encroach on other people's rights and freedoms. I believe that conversion providing personal information in therapy that is religious or is disguised as psychotherapy is extremely damaging. I this field (maximum 2500 want all people to be protected from experiencing conversion therapy. The City of Cal- characters) gary has the opportunity to be a leader against conversion therapy by passing these bylaws. Please show that rights and freedoms belong to all citizens, not just those who fit into a narrow minded view of human identity. I have been disappointed that bylaws ending conversion therapy have not been successful in other communities such as Red Deer. Please stand up for my friends and family who are members of the LGTBQ2S community and protect them from conversion therapy.

Sincerely

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* First name Marlene

* Last name Mellow

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Bylaw on Conversion Therapy

I am in complete support of the bylaw against conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is a harmful and discredited practice that can cause numerous psychological * Comments - please refrain from harms to people of all ages and identities. It can cause suicide, depression, and self- providing personal information in hatred, wounding people psychologically. It is a toxic, lethal practice and there is no this field (maximum 2500 place for it in a civil society. characters) This is not a matter of majority wishes, as it is simply and gravely immoral.

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* First name Kathleen

* Last name McKenzie

Email [email protected]

Phone 4032231208

* Subject conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in This horrendous practice needs to be stopped. Love is Love.. Everyone deserves to this field (maximum 2500 be themselves... characters)

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* First name Connie

* Last name Mclaughlan

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from I am in support of bylaws against conversion therapy. Sexual orientation is not a providing personal information in choice. Gender identity is not a choice. To try and change this in an individual is at this field (maximum 2500 most merely suppression and certainly harmful to their psyche. characters)

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* First name Darrin

* Last name Thompson

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

Dear Council and Commitee,

I believe that conversion therapy is extremely detrimental to people who are members of the LGTBQ2S community, as well as people who are experiencing questions about their gender or sexual identity.

I do not believe this is a religious matter. It is a matter of human rights. I believe that people have the right to their identity and be free to express themselves. I feel that * Comments - please refrain from members of LGTBQ2S community should be free to be who they are and that this providing personal information in does not encroach on other people's rights and freedoms. I believe that conversion this field (maximum 2500 therapy that is religious or is disguised as psychotherapy is extremely damaging. I characters) want all people to be protected from experiencing conversion therapy.

The City of Calgary has the opportunity to be a leader against conversion therapy by passing these bylaws. Please show that rights and freedoms belong to all citizens, not just those who fit into a narrow minded view of human identity. I have been disappointed that bylaws ending conversion therapy have not been successful in other communities such as Red Deer. Please stand up for my friends and family who are members of the LGTBQ2S community and protect them from conversion therapy.

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* First name Linda

* Last name Trask

Email [email protected]

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* Subject Proposed Bylaw Banning "Conversion" Therapy

It was half a century ago that Pierre Trudeau said that “there’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation”. In the same way, I believe that there’s no place for the * Comments - please refrain from state in the offices that provide either for profit or not for profit counseling services in providing personal information in Calgary, provided that the practices employed therein are not coercive, harmful, or this field (maximum 2500 degrading, which no loving religious leader or therapist who abides by their code of characters) conduct would ever consider engaging in anyway. I believe that Calgarians should continue to have the right to determine for themselves what type of counseling they can seek.

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The purpose of this submission is to express my confusion and alarm regarding the bylaw currently before City Council that is to ban what is being called “conversion therapy”. I have carefully read the proposed bylaw and am unclear on some aspects of it. Firstly, am I to understand by not including “a practice, treatment, or service that relates (a) to a person’s social, medical, or legal gender transition”; that a person may receive counseling and support if they desire to transition to a nontraditional sexual orientation or gender identity that is different than what they were assigned at birth but cannot receive counseling either to come to terms with the dissonance they experience with their natal gender or sexual orientation or to transition back? If my understanding is correct, then indeed, city council is telling adults what type of counseling they or their children can receive, thereby stripping them of this decision-making power which historically has been enshrined in the rights and freedoms Calgarians, and indeed, Canadians, have enjoyed. What an alarming scenario this would result in! What rights and freedoms would be next on the chopping block?

According to the current wording of this proposed legislation, it appears that, if passed, discrimination will be the result--members of the LBGTQ community will continue to have the right to seek and receive the counseling that they deem best for themselves as long as it helps them explore and accept the sexual orientation and gender identity they have taken on. However, people who wish to come to terms with the gender they were born with or nonheterosexual attraction whether they identify as LBGTQ or not, either for religious or other reasons, will be denied this same right. It was half a century ago that Pierre Trudeau said that “there’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation”. In the same way, I believe that there’s no place for the state in the offices that provide either for profit or not for profit counseling services in Calgary, provided that the practices employed therein are not coercive, harmful, or degrading, which no loving religious leader or therapist who abides by their code of conduct would ever consider engaging in anyway. I believe that Calgarians should continue to have the right to determine for themselves what type of counseling they can seek and, as an adult who has been deemed mature and intelligent enough to have been given the right to vote, am alarmed at the presumption by the people whom I have elected that they know better than I do what sort of counseling I need and am able to receive, even though they do not know me personally.

With regards to a person’s “non-judgmental exploration and acceptance of their identify or development”, I’d like to know what is meant by the term “non-judgmental”? Who decides what constitutes being non-judgmental? Does it include presenting what the holy book of the religion to which the person professes adherence says regarding issues of sexuality and identity? Or does it refer to the interpretation of those passages? Would not examination of what the person deems to be holy words be part of the exploration if the person desires that? Does acceptance of their identity include acceptance of the gender they were assigned at birth? Or does exploration and acceptance solely mean coming to identify as LBGTQ? The wording of the proposed bylaw seems to suggest the latter but again, it’s not entirely clear.

The proposed bylaw requires not only less ambiguous and nondiscriminatory language but also further engagement with the public. I’m concerned that the average Calgarian is unaware that there is a bylaw being considered that, if passed, will take away their right to decide for themselves what sort of counseling they can seek and receive for themselves and their children when it comes to matters pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity. CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 55 Public Submission

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* First name Moira

* Last name Brownlee

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-829-1952

* Subject Bylaw banning conversion therapy practices in Calgary

* Comments - please refrain from As a person who is dedicated to my Christian faith and principles, I implore you to ban providing personal information in conversion therapy practices in Calgary by passing strict and enforceable laws so that this field (maximum 2500 this despicable practice can never more take place in our city of Calgary. characters)

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* First name Alexis

* Last name Chang-Powless

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* Subject Conversion Therapy

I would like to offer my support for the proposed bylaw banning conversion therapy. I * Comments - please refrain from have been blessed to have a supportive family who loves me no matter my sexual ori- providing personal information in entation or gender, but I know not everyone is so lucky. The practice of conversion this field (maximum 2500 therapy is barbaric and abusive. If the city does not ban conversion therapy, it is effec- characters) tively condoning it.

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* First name Aydan

* Last name Mclaughlan

Phone 4036866227

* Subject Bylaw against conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I am in support of the bylaw AGAINST conversion therapy. Acceptance of sexual ori- providing personal information in entation and gender identity is sensible and kind. Conversion therapy is pointless and this field (maximum 2500 harmful. characters)

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* First name Karen

* Last name Klettke

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* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban, PFC2020-0116

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I fully support this ban. Please see my attached letter. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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Mayor and City Council SPC on Community and Protective Services City Clerk’s Office Legislative Service Division #8007 The City of Calgary P.O. Box 2100, Station “M” Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M5

RE: Conversion Therapy Ban, PFC2020-0116

Dear Mayor Nenshi and Councillors,

I am writing about the proposal to ban Conversion Therapy. I have a unique perspective because I have direct experience with this topic. I fully support this ban and believe that it is the right and only thing to do. The evidence is all around you, just ask the people who have gone through these horrific experiences, they are the front line experts.

I won't talk about rights, pseudo scientific papers, or statistics. Instead, I will relate some of my story and experience with a local chapter of a non-denominational organization based out of England. This organization teaches and offers courses about many subjects, one of which is “Sex and Sexuality”. Unfortunately, during my own search about my gender identity, I was convinced by a family member to attend one of their “schools”. They taught and convinced me that I needed to live my assigned at birth gender. But, in the end, after years of struggle, torment, and depression, I nearly lost my life trying to be someone I wasn’t.

Thankfully, I was able to find the help that I needed to celebrate my gender identity. That help was simply acknowledgement from others that I am a valid person and can identity as I am, not how some misguided people tried to persuaded me who I should be. This ban will help others who like me might be looking for answers and can be swayed by these horribly destructive therapies. It needs to end. It has to end.

Thank you. I hope you will find it in your hearts to ban conversion therapy before it takes even more lives and does even greater incalculable damage.

Most Sincerely, Ms. Karen Klettke, BSc (she/her) CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 59 Public Submission

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* First name Sharon

* Last name Woodhouse

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-245-1302

* Subject Sharon Woodhouse

Support for Proposed Bylaws regarding Conversion Therapy May 13th, 2020. I am a member of Scarboro United Church in SW Calgary. I have been on the front line of becoming an Affirming congregation for over 10 years now. I think that conversion therapy is an insult to the character and personality of all the gay people that I know. They are who they are without permission from anyone and with the blessing of God. They are made the way they are made by God and do not need the interference of man or woman to be the people they are meant to be. Gay, transgendered and all other sorts of sexuality are intelligent, creative and loving people in their own rights and * Comments - please refrain from do not need conversion therapy to become "better people". Conversion therapy is det- providing personal information in rimental to a person's health and contributes to mental health problems down the road. this field (maximum 2500 I have been a citizen of Calgary all my life. It is embarrassing to have to write this characters) letter. It is like a scene from the 1940's to be talking about conversion therapy. I have seen first hand what happens to a gay person who is asked to fit a mold and deny who they really and truly are. It almost drove them over the edge. Once they were allowed to be who they were born to be, they truly began to emerge as a fully actualized individual, full of life, happy and becoming a contributing member of society. So please, stop this ridiculous attempt to change people. None of us would like others to tell us what we "should" be instead of what we are meant to be. Signed, a faithful person of God, sharon woodhouse

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* First name Jocelyn

* Last name Grosse

Email [email protected]

Phone 5879683046

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I support the City of Calgary’s van in conversion therapy. Children should be taught to providing personal information in value and accept who they are. Conversion therapy is really a form of child abuse and this field (maximum 2500 needs to remain banned. characters)

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* First name Randy

* Last name Patmore

Email [email protected]

Phone 4033527811

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from You are reportedly facing a backlash from evangelical Christians who support conver- providing personal information in sion therapy. I barely survived two different types of CT. They're both groundless and this field (maximum 2500 deadly. The ban must stand. At every level of government. Its the responsible compas- characters) sionate caring thing to do. Lives are at stake.

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* First name Shara

* Last name Rosko

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

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* First name Talon

* Last name Henry

Phone 5877776843

* Subject Supporting the Ban of Conversion Therapy

While I personally have not been subject to conversion therapy, I have heard from * Comments - please refrain from many people in the LGBT community that it's borderline torture usually done on the providing personal information in grounds of someone else's religious beliefs, in order to impose certain aspects of their this field (maximum 2500 beliefs on the afflicted. I do not believe that an individual's religious ideals should dic- characters) tate how other people live their lives.

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* First name Shannon

* Last name Lengkeek

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038522142

* Subject Re: Support of Bill banning Conversion Therapy

Re: Support to Ban Conversion Therapy As a parent that successfully navigated rais- ing a thriving, intelligent and successful transgender child, I have first hand experience navigating the challenges of those that believe in conversion therapy. Every person wants to be loved and truly accepted exactly the way they are. Those that believe in conversion therapy as a viable option are resisting accepted and proven scientific facts and inadvertently going against everything that a loving and supportive caregiver is meant to be. Biased and bigoted individuals that condone conversion therapy often believe this is a loving option - but it has continually been proven to be psychologically damaging, manipulative, and harmful. Those that endorse conversion therapy are often quick to condemn the accepting of a child within the LGBTQ+ community or the offering of loving support to these children by their families.

Also, being from a bigoted fundamentalist religious upbringing, both my husband and myself have first hand experience of the painful judgment and lack of acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community. It is imperative that conversion therapy be banned to protect * Comments - please refrain from those individuals that are vulnerable or marginalized and to protect them from being providing personal information in unwillingly subjected to such practices. this field (maximum 2500 The critical importance of a bill that will protect our vulnerable youth should be sup- characters) ported by this council. There are people with religious beliefs that condemn LGBTQ+ individuals that are often driven by fear and superstition, that reject any scientific research contradicting their biases, that are in a position of power and authority over an LGBTQ+ youth or child during the conversion therapy process. These children are

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vulnerable and may be subjected to emotional and psychological abuse by those that believe there is something “spiritually at work” in these children that must be eradi- cated. These vulnerable children may also be under their influence, subjected to physical restrictions, may be in a position of being homeschooled, may be fully dependant on these individuals for care, and in a situation where they do not have any control. Some individual may also prevent access to proper or affirming health care.

This bill is necessary to protect these youth and children so that they have recourse when subjected to emotional stress, emotional neglect or withdrawal of affection and acceptance, or if condemned, abused, or subjected to attempts at religiously motivated conversio

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* First name Renita

* Last name Bartlett

Email [email protected]

Phone 5874362709

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I strongly oppose conversion therapy. It is a barbaric form of abuse and must be this field (maximum 2500 banned. characters)

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* First name Jan

* Last name Geggie

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Jan Geggie

I am very supportive of the proposed bylaws against any type of conversion therapy, in * Comments - please refrain from Calgary. All members of our society have the human right (and the ethical right) to be providing personal information in the person whom they are. Removing the possibility of any person being pressured this field (maximum 2500 into accepting conversion therapy will be a next step in achieving this. Thank you. characters)

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* First name Sandra

* Last name Glass

Email [email protected]

Phone 4032417372

* Subject ban on conversion therapy

I am sending in this submission to state my whole hearted support of having a ban, and enforceable bylaws against conversion therapy in Calgary. I am horrified to think * Comments - please refrain from that there are people in our city that think this type of abuse is acceptable. As a providing personal information in person of faith and a part of an affirming congregation, I am even more shocked that this field (maximum 2500 these people think it's acceptable to abuse others in the name of religion. We must characters) stand up in support and protection of those vulnerable people who may be subjected to such conversion abuse!

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* First name Tracy

* Last name Robertson

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038703930

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban, PFC2020-0116

What we need is to be a society of acceptance and open mindedness. A society where diverse lifestyles are celebrated and nurtured rather than judged or deemed as broken.

Yes, it is a human right to choose; however, being LGBTQ+ is not a choice, it is a deep identity from conception. So, forcing someone, or choosing to force oneself, to change one’s identity is against our very human rights. This type of therapy, whether it’s a choice or forced upon someone, is the practice of trying to “repair”, change, or sup- press a person’s sexual orientation/attraction to members of the same gender, or do the same to their gender identity or expression. It is neither effective at changing sexual orientation or gender identity and can cause numerous psychological harms. * Comments - please refrain from Conversion therapy can and does cause depression, suicide, self-harming, self-hatred, providing personal information in deep phycological wounding. this field (maximum 2500 characters) Conversion therapy, or whatever people want to call it, should never be a choice or an option because LGBTQ+ folks are not in need of repair or change. They are perfect the way they are. Everyone is a beloved child of the Creator and we have all been created in the Creator’s image which means, at it’s core, that everyone – including LGBTQ+ folks – are created in the Creator’s image; no mistakes were made; creation happens intentionally and with purpose. It’s a truly beautiful thing to be a part of the diversity that is the Creator. Just as cis-gendered and heterosexual folks are valued, all LGBTQ + folks ARE VALID. ALL are valued and loved by God our Creator.

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Banning conversion therapy saves lives. Period.

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* First name Evangeline

* Last name Robertson

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban, PFC2020-0116

What we need is to be a society of acceptance and open mindedness. A society where diverse lifestyles are celebrated and nurtured rather than judged or deemed as broken.

Yes, it is a human right to choose; however, being LGBTQ+ is not a choice, it is a deep identity from conception. So, forcing someone, or choosing to force oneself, to change one’s identity is against our very human rights. This type of therapy, whether it’s a choice or forced upon someone, is the practice of trying to “repair”, change, or sup- press a person’s sexual orientation/attraction to members of the same gender, or do the same to their gender identity or expression. It is neither effective at changing sexual orientation or gender identity and can cause numerous psychological harms. Conversion therapy can and does cause depression, suicide, self-harming, self-hatred, * Comments - please refrain from deep phycological wounding. providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 characters) Conversion therapy, or whatever people want to call it, should never be a choice or an option because LGBTQ+ folks are not in need of repair or change. They are perfect the way they are. Everyone is a beloved child of the Creator and we have all been created in the Creator’s image which means, at it’s core, that everyone – including LGBTQ+ folks – are created in the Creator’s image; no mistakes were made; creation happens

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intentionally and with purpose. It’s a truly beautiful thing to be a part of the diversity that is the Creator. Just as cis-gendered and heterosexual folks are valued, all LGBTQ + folks ARE VALID. ALL are valued and loved by God our Creator.

Banning conversion therapy saves lives.

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Kathleen

* Last name Honeychurch

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-646-5440

* Subject Bill:Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in URGENT: Please ensure that the attached letter is included in the City Council's dis- this field (maximum 2500 cussion of the proposed bill to ban Conversion Therapy, on Monday, May 10, 2020. characters)

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[email protected] May 9, 2020

Dear City of Calgary Mayor and Councillors,

I support the acceptance of a carefully drafted bill that will protect adults, children and youth from coercive and harmful practices used with the intention of promoting a particular sexual orientation and/or gender identity as a preferred outcome. I believe that all counselling should be client-centred, and that therapy be entered into voluntarily.

“The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds no evidence to support the application of any “therapeutic intervention” operating under the premise that a specific sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression is pathological. Furthermore, based on the scientific evidence, the AACAP asserts that such “conversion therapies” (or other interventions imposed with the intent of promoting a particular sexual orientation and/or gender as a preferred outcome) lack scientific credibility and clinical utility. Additionally, there is evidence that such interventions are harmful.”

Please read: Psychology Today – Jan 31, 2018 - Conversion Therapy Isn’t Therapy At All https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-thing-feathers/201801/conversiontherapy-isnt-therapy-all

I believe it is important to protect children and youth from the harm that can be caused by unhealthy, uninformed religious practitioners, and anyone who believes they have a moral right to impose a predetermined way of expressing a person’s sexual identity or orientation.

I am the parent of five adult children, one of whom is transsexual.

Please include my thoughts in the discussion that takes place regarding the upcoming bill being drafted to ban Conversion Therapy.

Sincerely, Kathleen Honeychurch CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 71 Public Submission

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* First name Jill

* Last name Coggins

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Please Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please ban conversion therapy In Calgary now! It doesn’t work and is torture for the this field (maximum 2500 subjects. characters)

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* First name Ian

* Last name Selleck

Email [email protected]

Phone 4033058728

* Subject In support of conversion therapy ban bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from Just wanted to send a quick message letting you know that I fully support the proposed providing personal information in bylaw to ban conversion therapy. The barbaric practice has no place in Calgary, and this field (maximum 2500 we'll all be better for its prohibition. characters)

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* First name Amy

* Last name Swanson

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy bylaw

Conversion therapy kills LGBTQ folks. People are born the way they are and any * Comments - please refrain from shame and pressure to change them will eventually lead to collapsing of self worth and providing personal information in may even lead to death. Please support the conversion therapy bylaw by stopping this this field (maximum 2500 barbaric practice so folks can truly be themselves. We can't let this go on. It kills! characters) Thank you.

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* First name Andrea

* Last name Eastham

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038523939

* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy, CPS2020-0532

I am writing to express my support for the Proposed Prohibited Businesses Bylaw that will prohibit Conversion Therapy businesses in the City of Calgary as described in Schedule A. I am deeply saddened as a Christian that this abuse as been committed * Comments - please refrain from on my fellow citizens by Christians; I am appalled as a human being that humans could providing personal information in subject their fellow humans to such degrading, disrespectful, and harmful treatment. this field (maximum 2500 Legislation is required at all levels of government and other Alberta municipalities have characters) already passed similar laws. This bylaw will protect and keep safe all citizens of Cal- gary, and especially those of the LGBTQ2+ community who are more likely to be harmed by the practice of conversion therapy. The God who I believe in created us all, and loves us all, just the way we are. There is no need for any kind of conversion.

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* First name Glenda

* Last name Stolarchuk

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject In support of ANTI- converasion therapy Bylaw

Hello, I feel it is very necessary & long over due that bigoted, hateful people are given the opportunity to show their true colours in a public setting. I am a Christian mother of a son who is gay, I belong to a church that is progressive & is affirming of those that have been marginalized in society. During the first initial stages of my church moving to an inclusive format- we lost a number of our congregants as a result, which is ironic as "Thou Shall Not Judge" is part of our religious doctrine. Essentially bigoted individuals wish to hijack spirituality & re-write what inclusive love means. On a personal note, my son had struggled when he was young to come out & tell us for the fear of retribution. When it was finally addressed, he was very relieved that my husband & I didn't disown him, as that is what happened to some of his friends. They * Comments - please refrain from were totally ostracized from their families & were not even allowed to see their brothers providing personal information in & sisters. Conversion therapy is antithetical to human history, and the teachings of this field (maximum 2500 Jesus. I do not appeal to the minds of the bigoted or the hypocrites that choose to bas- characters) tardize the teachings of love & acceptance. We live in 2020 & have had much evolu- tion when in comes to psychology & the social sciences to understand that these bigoted humans pushing conversion therapy are nothing more than lost, primitive individuals that feel they speak for our creator instead of leading with love & compassion. If they were truly religious one would think they would lead by example "Thou Shall Not Judge". Conversion therapy does not work (and there is a mountain of evidence to back this up), it's inhumane, flies in the face of social & human progress & should carry legal implications if "said" people pursue this line of hatred masked as love.

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Please add my submission to support the bi-law AGAINST conversion therapy.

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* First name darryl

* Last name pampln

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-680-4559

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from I fully support this bylaw. There is no room in a modern city (town, or hamlet even) for providing personal information in non scientific faith based activities that masquarade as treatment. Conversion therapy this field (maximum 2500 has been studied and found to be damaging to the individuals who are forced through characters) it.

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* First name Victoria

* Last name Carroll

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

To whom it may concern, I have been a citizen of Calgary all my life. I have never been more proud of my city than I was when, in February of 2020, I heard that City Council had passed a motion to draft a bylaw that will ban conversion therapy. * Comments - please refrain from Recently I have seen on social media that there are citizens of our city who are trying providing personal information in to speak out against this ban, claiming that a ban on conversion therapy will prevent this field (maximum 2500 them from being able to have “religious conversations”. characters) Conversion therapy programs are abusive and disgusting. I am strongly in favour of this ban. I cannot think of a better reason to use my voice, especially for those who are under 18 and have no choice but to participate in these practices. Please ban these practices. It will make our city a better place. Thank you for your time.

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* First name Laura

* Last name Farley

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038803582

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I am hoping that the City of Calgary will do the right thing and take a stand against the providing personal information in barbaric practice of conversion therapy. As a progressive, inclusive city we must show this field (maximum 2500 our support for minorities. characters)

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* First name Marisa

* Last name Burston

Email [email protected]

Phone +14032000045

* Subject Conversion therapy is abuse.

This is a practise that needs to be banned. This is abuse, plain and simple. Allowing this to continue under the guise of "religious freedom" not only signals to the LGBTQ2S * Comments - please refrain from + community that someone else's bigotry trumps their freedom to exist in safety, but providing personal information in that we are happy to remain complicit in the ongoing degradation, dehumanisation, this field (maximum 2500 and harm that groups who conduct this abuse pose to people who may be vulnerable, characters) or even targetted. We need to take a stand as a community to oppose this practise, which is based on absolutely no evidence, because to do any less is cowardice in its purest form.

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* First name Rev. Hillary

* Last name Van Spronsen

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support for Proposed Bylaws regarding Conversion Therapy in Calgary, May 13, 2020

Hello, My name is Rev. Hillary Van Spronsen and I am ordained minister serving St. Andrew's United Church here in Calgary AB. We are an affirming community of faith that believes all individuals should have the right to love who they love and express that love in whatever form they are most comfortable with. I strongly support the extensive and enforceable bylaws against conversion therapy. I am 30 years old, and in my 2 years of being ordained I have encountered over a dozen individuals who have expe- * Comments - please refrain from rienced conversion therapy. I have heard the painful stories, wiped many tears, and providing personal information in seen the emotional and spiritual damage that is being done through these acts. We this field (maximum 2500 NEED this to stop now. Conversion Therapy is neither effective at changing sexual ori- characters) entation or gender identity, and can cause numerous psychological harms. Conversion therapy can and does cause depression, suicide, self-harming, self-hatred, deep phy- scological wounding. I was there on February 3, 2020 when Calgary City Council UNANIMOUSLY approved a motion to draft bylaws against conversion therapy and I will be present online on Wednesday May 13 when I hope and pray council will UNAN- IMOUSLY approve the proposed bylaw. Peace to you Hillary

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* First name Katherine

* Last name Bouttell

Email [email protected]

Phone 2508188530

* Subject Conversion therapy is morally wrong

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please vote for this bylaw. Please dont let this City be taken over by fear ,bigotry and this field (maximum 2500 hate. characters)

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* First name Karen

* Last name Francis

Email [email protected]

Phone +14038603006

* Subject Conversion therapy bylaw meeting - May 13th 2020

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in This act is an act of violence, toxicity and is against human rights to be who you want this field (maximum 2500 to be!!!! END CONVERSION THERAPY NOW! characters)

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* First name Crystal

* Last name Whitney

Email [email protected]

Phone +14038630060

* Subject Against Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion therapy is an abusive practise which should be banned by all levels of this field (maximum 2500 government. characters)

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* First name Lorna

* Last name Dodd

Email [email protected]

Phone 4035547992

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Prohibit the dangerous practice of Conversion Therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Luisa

* Last name Castro

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038630258

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please stop Conversion therapy is harmful for society this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:54:59 PM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 86 Public Submission

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* First name Westley

* Last name Johanson

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion "Therapy"

Outlawing this practice is the only course persons of good moral fiber and conscious can take. I fully support any bylaw or any actions that can be taken to put a halt to to * Comments - please refrain from Conversion Therapy whether it is being practiced with regard to sexual, religious, or providing personal information in political preference of the targeted individuals. this field (maximum 2500 characters) Thank you for your consideration and courage.

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12:37:36 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 87 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Bryn

* Last name Grey

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject YES to banning "conversion therapy"

* Comments - please refrain from Please ban the cruel, inhumane, and traumatizing practice of gay "conversion therapy". providing personal information in Conversion therapy is used as an excuse to abuse vulnerable LGBTQIA2S+ members this field (maximum 2500 of society, and has no place in a just, caring, and inclusive society. I fully support the characters) bylaw to ban conversion therapy!

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12:47:22 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 88 Public Submission

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* First name Ann

* Last name Boerner

Email [email protected]

Phone (403) 969-4161

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please vote against conversion therapy! this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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12:48:33 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 89 Public Submission

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* First name Meaghan

* Last name Thompson

Email [email protected]

Phone 5878967123

* Subject Conversion Therapy is Dangerous Hate

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in It's 2020 and people already think badly of Albertans. Let's make Calgary ahead of the this field (maximum 2500 curve and hate-free! Ban conversion "therapy" (abuse)! characters)

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2:54:15 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 90 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Susannah

* Last name Tea

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

As a former victim and current survivor of religious “conversion therapy” I’m writing to oppose this outrageously cruel practice. As a senior citizen, I’ve only in the last few years come to terms with how damaging that was to me. To this day I still suffer from PTSD, lack of self-worth and self-esteem, and a mistrust of any religious “authority.” Being forced into a box that over-values heteronormative existence and catastrophizes queerness is a torture I can’t endure happening to anyone else, ever again. The practice devalued and almost destroyed the best of who I am. My intrinsic value does not depend on who I love or how; my value to the world and to myself only insists that I love openly and well.

When I hear people like Artur Pawlowski call me a “homofascist” to my face, when I * Comments - please refrain from hear him call me a pervert, and say that me and my community caused the 2013 floods providing personal information in in southern Alberta, and most recently that I’m to blame for COVID19, I wonder how this field (maximum 2500 much further damage he’s doing to other LGBTQ2S+ folks in the name of his “god.” As characters) one of the most vocal opponents of the conversion therapy ban, I’m so afraid that he could influence people to hate themselves as much as I once hated myself. This must not be allowed.

I ask you, in fact I beg you, not to let this happen. Not in our city, our province, our country. I nearly lost my life due to the psychological and spiritual torture of “conversion therapy.” I’ve been that vulnerable teen-ager sent away from my family to be religiously indoctrinated to hate who I am. As Mayor and Council of Calgary, I plead with you to

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do everything in your power to end this truly devastating practice of conversion therapy. Many many lives are depending on you today to make the right decision. I hope with all my heart that I can count on you.

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3:40:39 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 91 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Carole

* Last name Smith

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Prohibit Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I have seen the damage done to people by this so called "treatment" for their "socially providing personal information in deviant behaviour" when I trained as a Mental Health Nurse in the UK in the 1970s, & this field (maximum 2500 beyond. I can`t believe it is still in use in some civilised parts of the world. Please, characters) STOP this inhumane, degrading practice now.

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4:50:04 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 92 Public Submission

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* First name Sharon

* Last name Spence

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion therapy is harmful and hateful. Homosexuality is not a choice and cannot this field (maximum 2500 be changed by therapy, torture or prayer. It is 2020, not 1720. characters)

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6:29:30 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 93 Public Submission

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* First name Gwenyth

* Last name Hughes

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Conversion therapy is pseudoscience and should not be supported by any publicly providing personal information in funded group. I strongly advocate for this bylaw and hope that science prevails and this field (maximum 2500 this bigotry laden practice is banned. characters)

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* First name Nina

* Last name Wallinder

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please stop the abuse known as ‘conversion therapy’ in Calgary! this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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7:54:53 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 95 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jean

* Last name Thompson

Phone 403 246-5373

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from I strongly support the Conversion Therapy bylaw. The Conversion Therapy practice providing personal information in should be outlawed. IT IS STUPID! IT IS INHUMANE! How anyone, especially anyone this field (maximum 2500 involved in any Christian Faith community could think Conversion Therapy is okay is characters) NOT a Christian.

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT

Personal information provided in submissions relating to Matters before Council or Council Committees is col- lected under the authority of Bylaw 35M2017 and Section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act of Alberta, and/or the Municipal Government Act (MGA) Section 636, for the purpose of receiving public participation in municipal decision-making. Your name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda. If you have questions regarding the collection and use of your personal information, please contact City Clerk’s Legislative Coordi- nator at 403-268-5861, or City Clerk’s Office, 700 Macleod Trail S.E., P.O Box 2100, Postal Station ‘M’ 8007, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M5.

✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Rosa

* Last name Fasching

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject dangerous "conversion therapy"

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Pls stop dangerous conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sandra

* Last name Hoenle

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject “Conversion Therapy”

* Comments - please refrain from I understand Council will be discussing a ban on “conversion therapy” in the coming providing personal information in week. I strongly support banning this cruel ‘treatment. People’s sexuality does not this field (maximum 2500 require any ‘treatment.’ It’s high time we banned this cruel practice. characters)

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8:32:50 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 98 Public Submission

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* First name Paul

* Last name Paetkau

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support for Proposed Bylaws regarding Conversion Therapy in Calgary, May 13, 2020

* Comments - please refrain from I strongly support this bylaw because I have a gay son and I am in a faith community providing personal information in and I have seen firsthand the awful harm such so-called therapy can do. We have had this field (maximum 2500 enough suicides. Please stop it. characters)

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8:34:48 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 99 Public Submission

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* First name Carolyn

* Last name Clark

Email [email protected]

Phone 7808418022

* Subject conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I support the bylaw proposal to prohibit conversion therapy, which is a dangerous and providing personal information in medically unsound intervention. There is no research showing that it achieves its this field (maximum 2500 goals. There is research which shows it is psychologically harmful to those who characters) undergo it.

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8:39:44 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 100 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Clay

* Last name Betker

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I want you to know that I fully support the ban on conversion therapy and hope that all providing personal information in council support this move by the city. It is ridculous, that in a city that says it is all this field (maximum 2500 accepting and welcoming that we have any practices that minimalize any one of its characters) citizens !

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8:41:36 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 101 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sara

* Last name Richey

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

Hello, I am writing simply to express my support for the conversion therapy ban approved in February. I followed the news on the vote closely and was so happy to * Comments - please refrain from hear that council voted unanimously in favour. I sincerely hope that once the bylaw is providing personal information in drafted, it will include the subtleties of our current reality. Conversion therapy today this field (maximum 2500 often hides behind softer language, but it is still conversion therapy. And I hope you characters) draft a bylaw with teeth, one that will be enforced and whose penalties are not limited to a slap of the wrist. I am so happy the motion passed, and I remain cautiously optimistic for the results.

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8:50:30 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 102 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jane

* Last name Freer

Email [email protected]

Phone 075720283431

* Subject Conversion Therapy

In May 2020, it is inconceivable that Calgary City Council do anything but prohibit the * Comments - please refrain from practice of’Conversion Therapy’. The Councillors were elected by human beings, to providing personal information in allow the practice of such therapy is to allow that a segment of Calgary’s electorate are this field (maximum 2500 mutants. They are not and therefore have no need of such therapy which is akin to the characters) genital mutilation of backward societies.

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Kayleigh

* Last name Post

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Vote on Banning Conversion Therapy

Hello, Please include my voice as a concerned constituent that is in favour of a complete ban on conversion therapy, as it is unscientific, and frankly, torture. Please protect our vulnerable youth and young adults in the LGBTQ2+ community by preventing this inhu- * Comments - please refrain from mane treatment to continue. providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 Thank you for your time, characters) Signed, Kayleigh Starr Post Calgary, Alberta

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9:19:31 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 104 Public Submission

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT

✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Joanne

* Last name Jacobsen

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I am opposed to Conversion Therapy. It is cruel, demoralizing and senseless. I vote in this field (maximum 2500 favour of banning it from Calgary. characters)

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9:22:48 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 105 Public Submission

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT

✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Shailynn

* Last name Zaetl

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038807761

* Subject May 13 Conversion Therapy Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from I support this bylaw. It seems baffling to me that there could be opposition to it. I’m a providing personal information in life long Alberta and I’ve lived in Calgary since 2015. LGTBQ+ people need this this field (maximum 2500 protection. characters)

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9:24:19 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 106 Public Submission

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* First name Margo

* Last name Price

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034376985

* Subject Conversion therapy bylaws

* Comments - please refrain from I strongly support the bylaws seeking to end conversion therapy. Sexual orientation is providing personal information in not a choice and the notion that it is continues to harm lgbtq community. Please put an this field (maximum 2500 end to this archaic and harmful practice. characters)

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9:30:22 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 107 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Rita

* Last name Sirignano

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-276-4906

* Subject Please Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion Therapy is an abusive practice that has destroyed many young people's this field (maximum 2500 lives. I support the ban and hope City Council will vote to make it illegal too. characters)

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9:30:33 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 108 Public Submission

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT

✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Stacy

* Last name Devine

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject MAY 13 Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I, Stacy Devine, stand 100% behind the decision to ban conversion therapy! This kind this field (maximum 2500 of mental manipulation is NOT ok characters)

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9:35:39 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 109 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name David M

* Last name Gray

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036802025

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I agree with the by-law banning all forms of conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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9:45:48 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 110 Public Submission

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT

✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jean

* Last name Bardal

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I am against any form of conversion therapy this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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9:46:59 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 111 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Maria

* Last name Dusevic

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I wrote a message earlier. What I meant to say, and I hope I did, was that I would like providing personal information in to prohibit / ban the use of conversion therapy. That is the humane thing to do. Maria this field (maximum 2500 Dusevic characters)

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10:40:29 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 112 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jonas

* Last name Cornelsen

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy

I was pleased to learn that City Council had a motion for it to ban conversion therapy in Calgary. Conversion therapy is a regressive, harmful intervention that traumatizes * Comments - please refrain from LGBTQ+ people of all ages. Even the person who invented conversion therapy has providing personal information in confessed that it does not work, and causes substantial harm. I attend Calgary Inter- this field (maximum 2500 Mennonite Church, one of the first churches in Calgary to march in the Pride Parade, characters) and believe true Christian faith is inclusive of all. I want to live in a city that embraces those values. Thank you.

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9:56:27 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 113 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jeff

* Last name Rutledge

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from I am absolutely in favour of banning Conversion Therapy in Calgary as a matter of law. providing personal information in The only debatable element here is the fact that this is debatable. This is Canada in this field (maximum 2500 2020. This is obvious. Conversion Therapy is abhorrent. characters)

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9:58:26 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 114 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sally

* Last name Cohen

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject The barbarism of Conversion Therapy

Conversion therapy is inhumane, barbaric and ineffectual and, frankly, ridiculous. * Comments - please refrain from C’mon, Canada. You’re better than this. providing personal information in Thank you, this field (maximum 2500 Sally Cohen characters) USA

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1:12:20 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 115 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Gail

* Last name Young

Email [email protected]

Phone 61+410536215

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from This process needs to stop it needs to be made illegal. providing personal information in I woyld like to put my vote in to end this horrendous process from happening in society this field (maximum 2500 ever again. characters)

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1:26:03 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 116 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jonathan

* Last name Stolarchuk

Email [email protected]

Phone (778) 951-3912

* Subject IN SUPPORT of the ANTI- conversion therapy bylaw

As a gay man I find the fact that local governments even needs to create bylaws to protect our citizenry from cult like behaviour astonishing! Astonishing in the worst sort of way. Conversion therapy has a long history in the bible belts of the US, They’re akin to groups like the Westboro Baptist Church that feel they’re doing “gods work” by saving the damned by spreading hate & vitriol. I visited the Dachau concentration camp museum in Germany, history has taught us the lessons of what hate speech & intolerance leads to. I stood in the showers of the death camp that have been converted into a museum gallery where plaques sus- pended with images & biographies of murder victims abound. One in particular spoke to me, a young man of 26 yrs old (the same age I was at the time). He was arrested by the SS & was eventually murdered at Dachau. His crime- he shared love with another man. Under Nazi “logic” love should be exterminated because it was considered "degenerate". This same “logic” is used by conversion therapy. Why do we teach his- * Comments - please refrain from tory if we don’t learn from it!? providing personal information in I have attached a Cpl of pix from my visit to Dachau. I stood in a room that once con- this field (maximum 2500 tained rotting humans that were murder victims, piled to the ceiling awaiting their mass characters) dumping burial- treated like excrement. Humans are capable of despicable acts if they believe their actions are righteous. If we truly believe in a democratic & free country- this must never happen again! History is very clear about the outcome of hateful practices. I implore the city of Calgary to engage in intellectualism by supporting this ANTI- conversion therapy bylaw, PLEASE don’t be a regression parasitical stain on human

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history like some bigoted religious organizations. My closing statement: MAGA (Make America Great Again) clearly shows blatant ignorance, stupidity &t he evil of humans. Idealism of 1950’s America conjures nostalgia for some.. I pose this question for you all to consider. How could that time be so great when church goers would attend church services, praise their creator , bask in the glory of their pious traditions & then go lynch a black person or rope a homosexual by his neck & drag him behind their truck until his limbs were ripped apart. History is clear about hate.Will we learn, or will humans destroy ourselves only to realize “the end of days” by our own refusal to learn from our past transgressions!? PLEASE play the linked song via Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Lorraine

* Last name Willis

Email [email protected]

Phone 01727763895

* Subject Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Happy to help from the UK this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Cathy

* Last name Cody

Email [email protected]

Phone 5062927776

* Subject ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Calgary is a leading city in Canada. There is no room anywhere in Canada for this this field (maximum 2500 treatment. We are a country of love. Love for everyone. An ability to love anyone. characters)

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Julie

* Last name Freedman Smith

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Just say no! providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 In other words, please ban it. characters)

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9:59:00 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 120 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Tamra

* Last name Schnyder

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy

I am writing in support of the ban on conversion therapy. This is an archaic and barbaric practise that has no place in our modern society. We are all human beings, whom * Comments - please refrain from our parents promised to love NO MATTER WHAT when we were born. It is a parents providing personal information in job to help their children to find their way in this world, not to demand that they change this field (maximum 2500 the very fabric of who they are. The amount of damage they do to their children's characters) psyche is harsh and leads to depression and even worse, suicide. Unconditional means just that, without conditions. A ban on this horrible practice is a step to a kinder world where we can live without fear. Please Ban Conversion Therapy. Thank you.

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* First name Heather

* Last name Wicksted

Email [email protected]

Phone 5873509594

* Subject Conversion Therapy

How this is still legal is beyond me. Please vote TO BAN this inhumane, and illegiti- * Comments - please refrain from mate cruel practice. I stand beside my neighbours and fellow citizens of Calgary from providing personal information in the LGBTQ 2S community in imploring you to vote for the BAN on conversion Therapy this field (maximum 2500 in our great city. I would also like to see the voting record on this so I can use the infor- characters) mation to inform my vote in the next municipal election.

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10:05:50 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 122 Public Submission

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* First name Valerie

* Last name Rendell

Email [email protected]

Phone 5874368257

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please ban this inhumane behaviour... this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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10:05:46 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 123 Public Submission

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* First name Jennifer

* Last name Gierent

Email [email protected]

Phone 7808681274

* Subject Conversion Therapy by law

As a parent of a child in the LGBTQ community conversion therapy should not be allowed in any form. For the protection of the voiceless for humankind there should be no conversion therapy. It’s there based on fear and ignorance to their children. They are born this way it is not a choice. It is important to know that these kinds of groups * Comments - please refrain from cause distress and further create fear amount our youth. Through education and providing personal information in understanding I hope we can one day accept the LGBTQ as humans and treat them as this field (maximum 2500 such in society. I support the bylaw and plead with all the counsel to adapt this by law characters) with the knowledge that the ban on conversion therapy is the only choice. The ones that hide in fear and those you just want to be accepted. With my situation it took love, education and the realization that medically speaking that is who my child is and was always meant to be. You can’t covert who people truly are. Thank you

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10:06:50 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 124 Public Submission

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* First name Binnu

* Last name Jeyakumar

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Please ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in It had been proven to be harmful. As a city we need to create a safer space for LGBTQ this field (maximum 2500 people. characters)

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10:07:52 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 125 Public Submission

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* First name Jim

* Last name Fries

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038622147

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support the ban on conversion therapy. Just wanted you to know. With compassion. this field (maximum 2500 Jim characters)

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10:08:58 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 126 Public Submission

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* First name Loverly

* Last name Bergado

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Stop conversion therapy! It is abuse and violation of freedom of choice. It needs to this field (maximum 2500 stop now. It has hurt far too many people. Do the right thing! characters)

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10:10:34 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 127 Public Submission

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* First name Gagan

* Last name Sull

Phone

* Subject Support Banning Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Conversion Therapy has no place in our society and causes great harm to individuals providing personal information in who are just seeking to feel normal. I support legislation to ban conversion therapy in this field (maximum 2500 Calgary, and we shouldn't we thinking twice about this decision. It will save lives. characters)

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10:11:47 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 128 Public Submission

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* First name Stu

* Last name Pierpoint

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Banning conversion tberapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please take the necessary action to ban this abusive and harmful practice. Conversion this field (maximum 2500 therapy has absolutely no place in a modern, liberal and compassionate society. characters)

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10:12:58 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 129 Public Submission

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* First name Jessica

* Last name Theodor

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034418837

* Subject Please BAN conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in It is abusive, intolerant, and immoral. A diverse city such as Calgary has no place for this field (maximum 2500 giving gay people the message that their existence is wrong. characters)

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10:14:46 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 130 Public Submission

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* First name Wayne

* Last name Fisher

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-241-0793

* Subject Banning gay conversion therapy

To whom it may concern; During a time of worldwide crisis and lockdown, it is surprising to find out that we ‘Need’ to contact our councillor to ensure they understand our support for banning gay conversion therapy. For anyone to think that this therapy has any basis in scientific or * Comments - please refrain from health care fact is absurd. providing personal information in People are people, let them be. this field (maximum 2500 Absolutely vote YES to ban this therapy. characters) It has no place in our world. Thank you for the opportunity to have a say. Wayne Fisher

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10:15:25 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 131 Public Submission

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* First name Chandra

* Last name Gattinger

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I fully support any and all legislation banning this inhumane practice. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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10:18:12 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 132 Public Submission

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* First name Runhildr

* Last name Zaetl

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

As a pansexual transgender woman and atheist, I am asking Calgary city council to do the right thing and implement laws that will ban the abusive and harmful scam known * Comments - please refrain from as “conversion” therapy. Businesses, churches, and private individuals should by law providing personal information in be prohibited from offering such practices, and should be punished severely for doing this field (maximum 2500 so. Evidence shows that people who undergo these “treatments” suffer incredible emo- characters) tional and psychological damage, particularly children who may not have a choice in whether or not they must participate. We must not, at all levels of society, allow vulnerable queer folks to be tortured in this way.

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10:18:49 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 133 Public Submission

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* First name edward

* Last name allen

Email [email protected]

Phone 5875774301

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I completely support the ban on conversion therapy, it is unbelievable that in today's this field (maximum 2500 society we still have this process. PLEASE stop treating people. characters)

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Note: Letter 134 had personal information removed from the Electronic Agenda at the request of the Author. Should you have any questions please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 403-268-5831

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* First name Betty Jane

* Last name Hegerat

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject bylaw to ban conversion therapy.

Mayor Nenshi and City Councillors. I thank you from a deep place in my heart for the bylaw to ban conversion therapy on which you will be voting Monday, May 11. I note that many of the objections to the bylaw are coming to you from those who identify as members of the Calgary Faith Community. I AM a member of the Calgary community of faith and I'm blessed to be a member of an affirming and inclusive church, Lutheran Church of the Cross. We recognize that gender and sex are non-binary, that how people identify is not a choice, and we bless same sex marriage, and affirm and include people wherever they are on the gender spectrum. I am 73 years old and in my life I have witnessed many people, including my daughter, struggle not so much with * Comments - please refrain from who they are, but with who others want, and in many cases insist that they be. I know providing personal information in people who have been "converted" through therapies that I consider cruel and intent this field (maximum 2500 on creating a sense of self-loathing and sinfulness that only a clear binary mindset will characters) save. I know many of these people who could not live out that "conversion" and I know too many who've taken their own lives because of how their churches perceived them. Was I sad when my daughter came out? Yes, but not because of any change in the deep love my husband and I have for her, but for the fear that she would be treated with contempt and marginalized. "Love the sinner, hate the sin"? This is where my loathing rests. I am to love my beautiful girl and her wonderful wife, but to hate their "sinful" life together? They are among the happiest married couples I know. Please please please, pass this Bylaw so long overdue. I have faith in our municipal government and your commitment to social justice. Let justice prevail.

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10:24:01 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 136 Public Submission

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* First name Eric

* Last name Page

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject In Favour of bylaw banning conversion therapy

Hello, * Comments - please refrain from I am in favour of the bylaw banning conversion therapy. It is a terrible practice that providing personal information in denies people their own humanity and personhood. It is a despicable practice that this field (maximum 2500 needs to b halted. Thank you for your work in honouring the dignity of each person. characters) Peace, Rev. Eric

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10:24:17 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 137 Public Submission

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* First name Karri

* Last name Neufeldt

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

Hi City Council. I want to add my voice in support to ban Conversion Therapy. I believe that being LGBTQ is because you are who you are, as we are who we are for being left handed and not right handed, or by being an introvert and not an extrovert. I also * Comments - please refrain from feel that forcing someone to change their sexual identity is mental and emotionally providing personal information in harmful to any member of the LGBTQ community. Conversion therapy can not change this field (maximum 2500 anyone to who they are, but can only lead to a life filled with depression, anxiety and characters) fear. Religious beliefs can not alter who we are, not our personality, not our preference in music, arts, culture or whether we are musically inclined or not. Nor can it, or should try to be used, to change who we fall in love with or want to spend our lives with. Love is love. Thank you for time and for listening.

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10:23:39 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 138 Public Submission

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* First name John

* Last name Williamson

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034788988

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please vote in favor of banning this abhorrent and always unhelpful homophobic this field (maximum 2500 practice characters)

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10:24:56 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 139 Public Submission

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* First name Christian

* Last name Bilou

Email [email protected]

Phone 14036161854

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I fully support the proposed ban on conversion therapy in Calgary. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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10:24:29 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 140 Public Submission

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* First name Steven

* Last name Morton

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

I urge city councilors to approve this bylaw. Conversion therapy is a harmful practice that adds to the already difficult struggle and stress of being queer in a heteronormative society. I personally have been affected by conversion therapy (pray-it-away/talk * Comments - please refrain from therapy) rhetoric and at the encouragement of past religious leaders, I participated in providing personal information in conversion therapy counseling sessions. I know it does not help and causes a greater this field (maximum 2500 sense of shame and secrecy around an individual's LGBTQIA2S+ identity. Marginal- characters) ized individuals need to be protected from this dangerous practice that only increases feelings of otherness. Approving this ban is the clear and moral choice to increase the sense of belonging and equal rights in our city. Please pass the ban on the practice of conversion therapy.

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10:25:34 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 141 Public Submission

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* First name Glynn

* Last name Pearson

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036818784

* Subject Conversion "Therapy"

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in please ban this. It is torture not therapy this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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10:26:52 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 142 Public Submission

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* First name Afif

* Last name Tabish

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from It’s 2020 and we should lead by example by stepping up and banning conversion ther- providing personal information in apy that has done more harm than good. The stories and experiences of people going this field (maximum 2500 through these conversions need to be taken into account to see that it has no benefit characters) what so ever.

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10:26:57 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 143 Public Submission

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* First name Andrea

* Last name Juarez

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034626504

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

Conversion therapy is a hurtful practice. It does not work and generates an irreversible * Comments - please refrain from trauma on the people who go through it. It is inhumane and should be prohibitted providing personal information in immediately. this field (maximum 2500 As an immigrant, I was really surprised that conversion therapy still happened in characters) Alberta in 2020. Banning conversion therapy is progress. Let's be better.

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10:27:50 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 144 Public Submission

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* First name Lisa

* Last name Russell

Email [email protected]

Phone 407-617-1931

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I am writing in support of the proposed gay conversion therapy ban. It is beyond time this field (maximum 2500 that this practice be made illegal. characters)

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10:28:37 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 145 Public Submission

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* First name Trevor

* Last name Alberts

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036805915

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support the bylaw proposal to ban the practice of “conversion therapy” in Calgary. this field (maximum 2500 This is a harmful practice that has no basis in science. characters)

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10:28:49 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 146 Public Submission

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* First name Sean

* Last name Devitt

Email [email protected]

Phone 4039719067

* Subject Conversation Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversation Therapy is a vile expression of hate masquerading as religious privilege. this field (maximum 2500 Ban this stuff in Calgary. Thank you. characters)

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10:31:37 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 147 Public Submission

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* First name Jennifer

* Last name Glennie

Email [email protected]

Phone 4032555213

* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Yes, please ban Conversion Therapy! providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 Thank you. characters)

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10:32:03 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 148 Public Submission

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* First name Blake

* Last name Maudsley

Email [email protected]

Phone 4033979437

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

The City of Calgary's ban on conversion therapy is something that is not only a must, * Comments - please refrain from but is something that shouldn't even be up for debate. Thousands of LGBT people providing personal information in across Canada, and millions around the globe suffer through this so-called "therapy" this field (maximum 2500 that's actually designed to traumatize LGBT people into being heterosexual. Its a form characters) of legalized abuse and I dare say it would be regressive to not put this bylaw in place and to allow conversion "therapy" to continue in the City of Calgary.

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10:38:42 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 149 Public Submission

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* First name Andrew

* Last name Kucy

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject please vote to ban conversion therapy

Conversion therapy has been clearly shown to be a false therapy that causes harm. No person is wrong for loving WHOMEVER they choose, regardless of sexuality, race, religion, etc. * Comments - please refrain from We have no right to judge, and conversion therapy has basic wrong assumptions built- providing personal information in in that assume homosexuality is negative. this field (maximum 2500 Love is Love. characters) Thank you for taking the time to read and consider this. Again, please vote to ban conversion therapy; a wrong ideology that causes nothing but harm.

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* First name Ellen

* Last name Sitler

Email [email protected]

Phone 780-604-5970

* Subject Conversion Therapy

On behalf of my LGBTQ friends and family, I implore you to ban this hateful and harmful practice. I say this as a person of faith who has seen the abuses heaped on people who are already in pain and distress, often perpetrated by the very place where they * Comments - please refrain from should be safe -- their church. If people are questioning their sexuality, there are legiti- providing personal information in mate, professionally trained people who can help them safely seek answers that affirm this field (maximum 2500 them rather than condemn them. characters) Alberta already struggles with an image of being backwards and hateful when it comes to anyone outside of the mainstream. Let's be leaders who are compassionate and inclusive rather than hurtful and exclusive.

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10:41:21 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 151 Public Submission

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* First name Patrick

* Last name Grassick

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036801498

* Subject Conversion therapy

I understand Council will be debating banning so-called conversion therapy this month. * Comments - please refrain from I would urge you to ban this form of harassment in the city. There is abundant evi- providing personal information in dence to show how damaging this practice is for the young people who are subjected this field (maximum 2500 to it. Religious freedom should not be a cover for bullying, coercive and manipulative characters) forms of abuse.

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10:40:32 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 152 Public Submission

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* First name Sarah

* Last name Rude

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support for banning conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in City Council is voting this week to ban conversion therapy. As a citizen of Calgary and this field (maximum 2500 resident of ward 7, I strongly support the banning of conversion therapy. characters)

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10:42:05 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 153 Public Submission

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* First name Coleen

* Last name Curry

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversation therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please make this illegal. There is absolutely no need to change people. They are who this field (maximum 2500 they are. Let’s put this one issue to bed so people can live their lives. characters)

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10:43:47 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 154 Public Submission

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* First name Brenda

* Last name Murray

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy

Please ban conversion therapy. Young people are extremely vulnerable when they * Comments - please refrain from are dealing with issues of gender identity and they need support and understanding providing personal information in not people with an agenda of their own. I worked as a counsellor for near twenty this field (maximum 2500 years, have a Masters in Counselling Psychology and this goes against everything I characters) know. Do not allow more damage to be done.

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* First name Aimee

* Last name Scharf

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038968759

* Subject Banning conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I do not agree with conversion therapy as it is cruel and ineffective. Please ban this this field (maximum 2500 torture. characters)

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10:44:22 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 156 Public Submission

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* First name Stephen

* Last name Smith

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban in Calgary

I am writing in support of a Conversion Therapy Ban in the City of Calgary. Conversion therapy is not beneficial to anyone except the people who are providing it. It has been proven time and time again that it is NOT in the best interest of the individuals being * Comments - please refrain from forced into it. I want Calgary to prove that it is better than people think it is. Everyone providing personal information in knows that people think of Calgary as a Conservative Holy Land and that everything this field (maximum 2500 we do is to benefit Conservative Ideologies. Don't cave into the religious right and do characters) what they demand of you. Prove that the city of Calgary is better than this. Ban Con- version Therapy in Calgary. Don't just sit back and be all "We'll wait until someone else does it". Just ban it now and be ahead of the game.

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10:44:58 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 157 Public Submission

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* First name Karen

* Last name Anderson

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

I would like to lend my voice in support of banning conversion therapy. Protect our vulnerable. * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Thank your for your time. this field (maximum 2500 characters) Regards,

Karen Anderson

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10:45:24 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 158 Public Submission

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* First name Simon

* Last name Irving

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support for banning conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in This is a no-brainer. As a proud born and raised Calgarian, anything less then a unani- this field (maximum 2500 mous vote to ban conversion therapy is an abomination. characters)

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10:44:47 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 159 Public Submission

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* First name Michelle

* Last name ouellet

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in The City of Calgary must stand up for its LGBTQ2S community and firmly end Conver- this field (maximum 2500 sion Therapy now. This abuse must end. characters)

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Heather

* Last name Ganshorn

Email [email protected]

Phone 4032830103

* Subject Conversion therapy

I am writing to express my support for a total ban on conversion therapy. The only evi- * Comments - please refrain from dence around this practice is evidence of psychological harm inflicted on those sub- providing personal information in jected to it, most of whom are adolescents or young adults raised on a diet of toxic and this field (maximum 2500 counterfactual beliefs about sexuality. LGBT people are not defective and in need of characters) "conversion." As a society, we should not be allowing these abusive facilities in any form

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10:48:31 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 161 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jennifer

* Last name Leslie

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036298527

* Subject Regarding Conversion Therapy

I thought Calgary had already banned conversion therapy, but now I am hearing you * Comments - please refrain from haven't yet? providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 Ban it. It is doing nothing positive for the world, and only increases the death and pain characters) of human beings unnecessarily.

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10:49:46 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 162 Public Submission

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* First name Alysha

* Last name Franson

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038018769

* Subject Conversion therapy agenda

I stand against any coercive and abusive attempts at changing and individuals sexual * Comments - please refrain from orientation, I support the freedom of the LGBTQ community to make their choices as providing personal information in they see fit without interference from the government or religious groups about their this field (maximum 2500 personal and professional lives. I do not support your conversion therapy agenda now characters) or ever.

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10:50:50 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 163 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Stephen

* Last name Murray

Email [email protected]

Phone 2508635825

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I'm shocked this hasn't been done already. Please ban this horrific procedure. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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10:52:01 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 164 Public Submission

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Personal information provided in submissions relating to Matters before Council or Council Committees is col- lected under the authority of Bylaw 35M2017 and Section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act of Alberta, and/or the Municipal Government Act (MGA) Section 636, for the purpose of receiving public participation in municipal decision-making. Your name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda. If you have questions regarding the collection and use of your personal information, please contact City Clerk’s Legislative Coordi- nator at 403-268-5861, or City Clerk’s Office, 700 Macleod Trail S.E., P.O Box 2100, Postal Station ‘M’ 8007, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2M5.

✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Kevin

* Last name Bell

Email [email protected]

Phone (780) 686-1937

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Hey please follow Edmonton, we need to put pressure on the province, this is this field (maximum 2500 shameful. characters)

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10:53:26 CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 165 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name William

* Last name Hageman

Email [email protected]

Phone 4039734579

* Subject Banning conversion therapy

Re: Support to Ban Conversion Therapy. As a parent of a transgender son, I am in support of the bylaw. It is strong and well * Comments - please refrain from thought out and has the need to stop and help ban dangerous groups from hurting providing personal information in more individuals inside the LGBTQ community. It is based on scientific fact that those this field (maximum 2500 that believe in conversion therapy as a viable option are opposing and going against characters) everything that a loving and supportive family is meant to be.

Thank you, Will

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10:56:02 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 166 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Janie

* Last name Nowoselski

Email [email protected]

Phone 4039988811

* Subject PConversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Do NOT allow the inhumane torture otherwise called conversation therapy in Calgary. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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10:56:05 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 167 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Amy

* Last name Pon

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please make Calgarians proud by voting to ban abuses against our most vulnerable this field (maximum 2500 members of LGBTQ+ communities by banning conversion “therapy”. characters)

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10:56:16 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 168 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Nicole

* Last name Bracko

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034409387

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from I read you’re going to be meeting on Wednesday, May 10, 2020 to debate banning providing personal information in conversion therapy in Calgary. I fully support the ban. Please don’t allow this cruel, this field (maximum 2500 ignorant practice to happen here anymore. characters)

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11:01:51 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 169 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Marcello

* Last name Di Cintio

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I want to register my support in banning the cruel practice of conversion therapy in this field (maximum 2500 Calgary. characters)

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11:03:13 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 170 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jennifer

* Last name Gnutel

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Put an end to conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Hello YYCC! I hope you will all vote to put an end to conversion therapy. This horrific this field (maximum 2500 practice has no place in our beautiful city. Please do the right thing! characters)

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11:07:14 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 171 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Kimberly

* Last name Grabas

Email [email protected]

Phone 7809157319

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I cannot believe conversion therapy is being debated, it should be banned outright. this field (maximum 2500 Conversion therapy violates human rights! characters)

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11:10:14 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 172 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sandy

* Last name Boisvert

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Outlaw Conversion Therapy

Dear City of Calgary,

* Comments - please refrain from It's 2020. It's overdue to ban conversion therapy. Sexual orientation is unique to each providing personal information in individual, and it's supposed to be protected by The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. this field (maximum 2500 We need to protect the rights of everyone, including our youth, to be themselves. characters) Sincerely, S.Boisvert

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11:11:42 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 173 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sue

* Last name Coatham

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038181718

* Subject Abolish Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support abolishing conversion therapy in Calgary and Alberta. It is archaic and cruel. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:17:16 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 174 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Kimberly

* Last name Smith

Email [email protected]

Phone 7808029406

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I applaud Calgary for stepping up to tackle this issue. Conversion Therapy is widely this field (maximum 2500 discredited and know to cause trauma. IT MUST BE BANNED! characters)

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11:18:08 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 175 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Elizabeth

* Last name Lunney

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-993-7359

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support the motion to ban conversion therapy. I hope Council does too. this field (maximum 2500 Thank you. characters)

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11:18:14 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 176 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sara

* Last name Jovancevic

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034371191

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaws

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion therapy is psychological violence and torture. It is a dehumanizing and this field (maximum 2500 cruel practice. It should be illegal with NO exceptions. characters)

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11:18:25 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 177 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Kris

* Last name Joyce

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034612876

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I do not support conversion therapy. The City of Calgary should not support this dan- this field (maximum 2500 gerous and discriminatory practice! Do not be a dinosaur City of Calgary! characters)

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11:25:42 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 178 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sean

* Last name Byerley

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from A no brainer in my opinion that conversion therapy needs to be banned. It is a practice providing personal information in that only does harm to people and helps no one. Do the right thing and ban all forms of this field (maximum 2500 this archaic practice. characters)

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11:25:34 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 179 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Sarah

* Last name Beech

Email [email protected]

Phone +14036897935

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

Conversion therapy is barbaric and cruel. As someone it was suggested for, even * Comments - please refrain from thinking about someone wanting to send me through this process was heartbreaking providing personal information in and demeaning. Nothing good can come from this “therapy.” Diversity is beautiful and this field (maximum 2500 should be supported. Putting this into law demonstrates support by the City Council characters) for LGBTQQIA2S+ people.

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11:26:19 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 180 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Linda

* Last name Dickinson

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Please vote to ban conversion therapy. This is a harmful, damaging practice that providing personal information in seeks to deny who people truly are. It hurts the participants and the attitudes surround- this field (maximum 2500 ing the practice damage those who believe them. The time has come to end this sort of characters) discrimination. Please vote to ban conversion therapy.

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11:27:08 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 181 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Emma

* Last name Gutsche

Phone

* Subject May 13 Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I, Emma Gutsche, support the ban on conversion theapy this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:28:45 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 182 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Brian

* Last name Sorrell

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036166044

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion "therapy" is a horrible practice that should be banned. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:29:59 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 183 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Karl

* Last name Miller

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I ask that the Council permanently ban the abhorrent practice of Conversion Therapy. this field (maximum 2500 Such practices have no place in my City or Province. Sincerely, Karl Miller characters)

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11:33:00 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 184 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Graham

* Last name Louden

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

I am making this submission in support of a strong, enforceable bylaw prohibiting Con- version Therapy in Calgary. I am a gay Christian. I know folks who have suffered serious, long-lasting mental and emotional trauma as a result of this disproven, misguided attempt to change who they are. Coercion to attempt to change one's sexual orienta- * Comments - please refrain from tion or gender identity carries far too high a price for individuals and for society at large providing personal information in for us to tolerate it. this field (maximum 2500 As a gay man who survived the AIDS crisis, and who has fought the stigma of being characters) who I am for over 60 years, I can attest to the seriously damaging effects of this practice. It is my sincere hope, indeed my expectation, that City Council will pass a bylaw prohibiting this activity in Calgary. The lives and well-being of a significant segment of society depend on it. Please, do the right thing. Lives depend on it.

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11:33:18 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 185 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Simon

* Last name Davenport

Email [email protected]

Phone 4032540462

* Subject Conversion Therapy ban bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion Therapy should not be allowed with Calgary, or Canada for that matter. It this field (maximum 2500 is harmful and an abuse of human rights. characters)

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11:38:49 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 186 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Robert

* Last name Clachrie

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion therapy is a barbaric practice and I want it banned in Calgary. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:37:56 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 187 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Mark

* Last name Tremblay

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban on Conversion Therapy

As a minister, I have spoken with people who have been scarred mentally and spiritu- * Comments - please refrain from ally through conversion attempts. They needn't be scarred by such abuse. Being gay is providing personal information in not a medical condition of any kind that can be addressed in any form of responsible this field (maximum 2500 therapy. It needs to be stopped to protect those vulnerable people who can be taken characters) advantage of by predators who cannot accept the reality of what makes people LGBTQ2S.

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11:39:14 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 188 Public Submission

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* First name Jodi-Anne

* Last name Martin-Hunt

Email [email protected]

Phone 5875850771

* Subject Conversion Therapy By Law

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in No one should be subjected to any kind of abuse simply for their sexual orientation. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:39:05 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 189 Public Submission

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* First name Neil

* Last name Murray

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please STOP conversation therapy! this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:39:42 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 190 Public Submission

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* First name Randall

* Last name O'Connor

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036304214

* Subject BAN CONVERSION THERAPY

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Randall O'Connor supports banning conversion therapy. I urge the City Council to vote this field (maximum 2500 NO. characters)

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11:41:01 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 191 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Karen

* Last name Turner

Email [email protected]

Phone 403.241.1100

* Subject Conversion Therapy

Please be advised, that I believe people have a right to be who they are, as long as they are not hurting others. * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I am in support of City Council and the proposed bi-law. this field (maximum 2500 characters) If you need further information, I welcome your email.

Thank you for hearing my support. Karen

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Elaine

* Last name Lloyd

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034622040

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please move forward with the proposed bi-law to ban conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Sharapal

* Last name Ruprai

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject banning conversion therapy and stopping abuse of 2S + LGBTQ people

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support banning conversion therapy and stopping abuse of 2S + LGBTQ people. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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11:46:42 AM CPS2020-0532 Attach 7 Letter 194 Public Submission

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Jennifer

* Last name Kneller

Email [email protected]

Phone 4033833963

* Subject Ban on Conversion Therapy (CPS2020-0532)

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please find attached my letter in support of the Ban on Conversion therapy this field (maximum 2500 (CPS2020-0532) characters)

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SPC on Community and Protective Services City Clerk's Office Legislative Service Division #8007 The City of Calgary P.O. Box 2100, Station "M" Calgary, Alberta T2P 2M5

RE: Conversion Therapy Ban

Dear Your Worship and Committee,

When we debate highly contentious topics, we forget about the people those debates impact. I am a Calgarian, highly active in our community and someone who believes that we must do the right thing. It is my civic duty to give back to my community, to contribute positively to our life in Calgary. I am not only a Calgarian, but I am a transgender woman, part of the LGBTQ2S+ community. I am part of the vulnerable population that this proposed ban on Conversion Therapy (CPS2020-0532) affects. As such, I am writing to voice my support for the bylaw that is before Committee for review.

I cannot speak for others, nor will I cite detailed research. What I will do is tell you about my lived experience and the impact conversion therapy has on my life. I have read many of the submissions filed with this Committee against the bylaw. These submissions are filled with miscited research, misquotes, and homophobic/transphobic comments. Most of the arguments are entirely irrelevant to the subject matter of banning conversion therapy and speak against the LGBTQ2S+ communities' right to exist freely within Canadian society. It is about groups and individuals imposing their will, religion and opinions on a minority community group, a classic example of bullying.

From an early age, I struggled with my gender identity as it did not match my birth gender. Mental abuse came in the form of counselling that went against well established

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medical protocols. Imagine as an adult showing up to a family dinner and finding a stranger who just "happened" to be a counsellor with no professional qualifications questioning your gender identity using techniques that border on mental abuse. They maintained that they were always looking out for your best interests.

I did not get to choose my gender identity and expression. For the first forty-two years of my life, I lived in denial and repressed who I was, in part because of the attempt of others to try and change my internal sense of self. I found myself struggling to reconcile past physical and mental abuses for just being me, a direct result of being exposed to conversion therapy.

I continue to struggle with the aftereffects of conversion therapy. I believe that no Calgarian should have to endure "treatment" that is abusive in every sense of the word. Unanimously, healthcare professions across the world and Canada strongly condemn conversion therapy. I believe this Committee has a duty of care to protect LGBTQ2S+ Calgarians by ensuring a psychologically safe environment where all people can be who they are regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. A duty of care that protects the vulnerable from coercion, abuse and bullying. By moving this bylaw forward, the Committee can protect LGBTQ2S+ Calgarians from the horrific effects of conversion therapy. As such, I ask you to advance CPS2020-0532.

Respectfully, Jennifer Kneller

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* First name Anne

* Last name Gray

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Bylaws regarding conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I am against conversion therapy and support a city bylaw that would stop it. It is toxic providing personal information in and has no place in our city. It does only harm and no good. Please ban conversion this field (maximum 2500 therapy in our city. characters)

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Marissa

* Last name Gillespie

Email [email protected]

Phone 4037000828

* Subject Support of Conversion Therapy Banning Law

Hello,

I just wanted to write a note expressing my support in the passing of the bylaw banning * Comments - please refrain from conversion therapy. I am a member of the United Church of Canada at an affirming providing personal information in congregation and believe that conversion therapy goes against the fundamental rights this field (maximum 2500 of people and should be banned. characters) Thank you very much for your time.

Marissa Gillespie

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* First name Greg

* Last name Wooley

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034934923

* Subject bylaw against conversion therapy

I wish to congratulate the City of Calgary for introducing measures to prevent conversion therapy in the city. In the past two decades I have seen such gains in the social * Comments - please refrain from fabric of the city - it has become more and more diverse each year, and that is a won- providing personal information in derful thing. This bylaw will continue that positive process, and will assure LGBTQ per- this field (maximum 2500 sons that they are safe from attacks against their deepest personhood. Please know characters) that many individuals - and parents - and communities of faith - are delighted by the steps to affirm that our neighbours and children and congregants are fine just as they are. Congratulations on this bold step.

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* First name Dan

* Last name Shugar

Email [email protected]

Phone 4039663671

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in This practice should be banned. Don’t make Calgary (and Alberta) even more embar- this field (maximum 2500 rassing on the world stage than we already are. This is the 21st century. characters)

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* First name (Rev. Dr.) David

* Last name Holmes

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-801-7218

* Subject Conversion therapy ban in Calgary

I want to add my support, as a United Church minister at Knox United downtown, for the Calgary bylaw to ban conversion therapy. To my mind this is in keeping with the * Comments - please refrain from latest advice of the community of psychologists, and the call of my own religion to love providing personal information in my neighbour. Banning conversion therapy does not infringe on freedom of religion or this field (maximum 2500 speech in any important way, to my mind -- we are never free to cause harm to characters) another. The cruelty and toxicity of these therapies has been well documented. Thanks to Council for your support of this ban: please put this into effect!

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* First name Rick

* Last name Henriques

Email [email protected]

Phone 6475222602

* Subject Ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from There is no scientific proof that conversion therapy works. Conversion therapy is cruel, providing personal information in causes life-long trauma, and forces people into dangerous behaviours. Seems highly this field (maximum 2500 un-Canadian. characters)

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* First name Codee

* Last name Cornish

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban of Gay Conversion Therapy

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* First name Barbara

* Last name Lough

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

I was very happy to hear that the City of Calgary approved a motion to draft a bylaw against conversion therapy on February 3, 2020, and that the draft will be brought to City Council on May 13, 2020. In that regard I implore City Council to not be swayed by detractors of this bylaw, and to pass it into law for the citizens of Calgary, and as an example to other municipalities as to how to treat all members of our society. * Comments - please refrain from Conversion therapy seeks to repair that which is not broken. It assumes that a per- providing personal information in son's sexual orientation or attraction to others of the same gender is wrong or sinful. It this field (maximum 2500 seeks to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. characters) The therapy can cause depression, self-loathing, alienation, and psychological harm to the person concerned. Those of us who are allies to the LGBTQ2S community within our city commend you for taking the first step, and encourage you to enact this bylaw against conversion therapy. Thank you.

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* First name Matthew

* Last name Burns

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

I wholeheartedly support a conversion therapy ban and commend YYCCC for its leadership on this issue.

Conversion therapy is a dangerous pseudoscience pushed by religious extremists. It is not based on any peer-reviewed scientific method, is not subject to any oversight and has shown to be both psychologically damaging and traumatic to the “patients” to the point where suicide rates in those that have accepted therapy significantly outstrip that * Comments - please refrain from of the broader population. providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 Conversion Therapy is based completely in fear, hate and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. It is characters) horrific and seeks to undo the progress that has been made in this arena. Tens of thousands of Calgarians come to support Calgary Pride every year in a beautiful dis- play of inclusiveness and love - Canada is a country that celebrates diversity and Con- version “Therapy” has no place in it.

Please make the right choice that the significant majority of Calgarians support; ignore the screaming of a very small (albeit vocal) minority of small-minded, hateful, and hyp- ocritical ‘christians’.

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* First name Arlene

* Last name McGrath

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038528517

* Subject Drafted bylaw against Conversion Therapy

I fully support this Bylaw and commend my City council for their initiative in this matter. * Comments - please refrain from I believe that as a Christian and member of an Affirming church in Calgary, that Con- providing personal information in version Therapy causes psychological wounding and irreparable harm to LGBTQ this field (maximum 2500 people. It is antiquated and gives undue power to religious groups and their narrow characters) interpretations of what “they” think is right, at the terrible expense of peoples rights, freedoms, mental health, and well being.

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* First name Alexandra

* Last name Kingcott

Email [email protected]

Phone 4035547368

* Subject Please ban conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I’m embarrassed that this is possible in our city, let alone Calgary. Please ban this and this field (maximum 2500 put strict enforcement measures in place. Immediately. Thank you. characters)

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* First name Jeff

* Last name Bell

Email [email protected]

Phone 4037010140

* Subject Ban conversion “therapy”

I’m reading the majority of submissions to Council so far are against the vote to ban * Comments - please refrain from the practice. Count me as in favour of the ban. Anything else is inhuman. providing personal information in this field (maximum 2500 I believe you are not hearing from people in favour of the ban as it is the only obvious characters) thing to do in a modern society. Please end the practice forever in Calgary.

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* First name Eloise

* Last name Hirst

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034653588

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

I implore the council to ban conversion therapy in Calgary. It is a deplorable, abusive practice that violates the dignity of any LGBTQ+ person unfortunate enough to endure it. I speak to you both as a member of the LGBT community and as a lifelong Calgar- ian. There is an entire body of research in academia proving that this practice is incredibly harmful to its recipients. Not only that, but it is also downright cruel. In comparison, * Comments - please refrain from those who offer conversion therapy do so against all evidence of its harm and ineffi- providing personal information in cacy, and against human decency. Calgary is better than this. this field (maximum 2500 characters) Those advocating for this practice are only doing so for their own monetary gain. They do not care what harm they do to their clients. It is your duty as a council to protect Calgarians from undue harm. I urge you, please vote in favour of banning conversion therapy.

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* First name Evelyn

* Last name Ko

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban on Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I am a member of an affirming United Church faith community, and would like to providing personal information in express my wholehearted, carefully throught-out support of the bylaw to ban conver- this field (maximum 2500 sion therapy. Please don’t think that church-going persons are typically anti-LGBTQ2+, characters) as most are more inclusive and less prejudiced. Thank you.

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* First name Mary Jane

* Last name Holberton

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

Conversion therapy is damaging and I strongly support the ban proposed by Calgary * Comments - please refrain from City Council in February 2020. Please show your support for all citizens by banning providing personal information in this practice. this field (maximum 2500 Mary Jane Holberton characters) Council Chair Woodcliff United Church

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* First name Linda

* Last name Hunter

Email [email protected]

Phone 14036502192

* Subject Conversion Therapy

Dear Councillors, i am a Minister in a church and the spiritual leader of my community of faith. I want to state here, unequivocally and unreservedly, my SUPPORT of the City By-law banning conversion therapy. It is a barbaric and inhumane practice that has destroyed the lives of many people. All scientific evidence clearly denounces the practice. A person’s sexuality cannot be erased and changed. Many churches that support conversion therapy (which they pretend is simply counselling) use an ancient text, writ- * Comments - please refrain from ten thousands of years ago, that would deny a group of people their basic human providing personal information in rights today, in the 21st century. this field (maximum 2500 I recognize that to remain steadfast in your resolve to pass this by-law will be sorely characters) tested by certain religious groups in our city. I am asking you to stand, shoulder to shoulder, as you did in February, and continue to pursue this path that will bring hope and freedom of harassment to hundreds and hundreds of Calgarians. Thank you for your time and attention. Sincerely, Rev. Linda Hunter, BEd BTh MDIV

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* First name Lorna

* Last name Rowsell-Petti

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Bylaw against Conversion Therapy

I want to strongly support the Bylaw to prevent Conversion Therapy in our city. It is a * Comments - please refrain from cruel and ignorant practice which assumes that any differences among humans should providing personal information in be prevented by force! How primitive! We are all different, and can be happy in our this field (maximum 2500 variations. Hatred of difference has caused all the violence and wars in history. Are we characters) not past all that discrimination and violence? Let’s get this Bylaw passed!

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* First name Hannah

* Last name Gaunt

Email [email protected]

Phone (403) 542-9798

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy in Calgary

As a Christian and therapist in training, I firmly believe that conversion therapy violates human rights and has no place in any just and humane society. Conversion therapy attacks the very core of the human being and undermines their identity and inherent worth, sowing seeds of doubt and shame where there should be acceptance and free- * Comments - please refrain from dom. Allowing conversion therapy to continue in the City of Calgary would be a grave providing personal information in regression from the progressive, safe, and equitable place I know my home to be. this field (maximum 2500 Those who conduct conversion therapy are often unqualified and use unorthodox, characters) unproven, and damaging methods that have been proven ineffective. We must protect Calgarians of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Banning conversion therapy is one step closer to accomplishing this. Please take this step, one that is scientifically, psychologically, and morally founded.

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* First name Sonia

* Last name Soulliere

Email [email protected]

Phone 2896593887

* Subject Anti-conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in This is disgusting!!! It is 2020 not 1820. Let people be who they are. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Ann

* Last name Farebrother

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban bylaw approval

As a member of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good and of an Affirming faith community I ask that City Council approve the draft bylaw to ban the provision of conversion therapy in Calgary. There is no evidence that this practice is beneficial, and * Comments - please refrain from substantial evidence to the contrary. As you know, the World Health Organization and providing personal information in the Canadian Psychological Association condemn this practice, saying it poses a this field (maximum 2500 "severe threat to the health and human rights of affected persons." It is also banned characters) by the Alberta College of Psychologists. As the bylaw applies to businesses I cannot see that any person's religious beliefs are in jeopardy. We are a community that supports, celebrates, and benefits from our diversity. Let's do everything we can to protect that.

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* First name Dianne

* Last name Clarke

Email [email protected]

Phone 7802324325

* Subject Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Please ban this dangerous therapy and send the message that it is not acceptable in providing personal information in Alberta or anywhere in Canada. And in doing so support our LGBTQ community and this field (maximum 2500 show them that they are great and beautiful just the way they are. characters)

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* First name Ben

* Last name Rowe

Phone 403-479-1939

* Subject Ban on Conversion Therapy

Conversion therapy helps no one. Sexuality isn't something you can change with abuse, which is all that the methods of the practitioners amount to. Parents who submit their children to these practices are sure to end up just this: children who hate them, and hate themselves. Like any victim of abuse, the hatred they feel from their parents and the practitioners subjecting them to this becomes internalized. Cases where the * Comments - please refrain from therapy "works" are equivalent to when torture "works" - victims saying anything to providing personal information in make it stop. The result - even if the victim goes on to a heterosexual life and marriage, this field (maximum 2500 best believe that's an individual filled with self loathing and likely leading a double life characters) that they feel shame over. Traumatized and depressed citizens are not good workers, voters, or members of their community. Suicides, runaways, and mental health patients are not good for our city's resources to handle when they can be stopped before they start by banning this unscientific, misguided, harmful practice.

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* First name Peter

* Last name Sanderson

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Re: Proposed Bylaw to ban conversion therapy in Calgary

I urge the City Of Calgary to make a bylaw banning the barbaric and dangerous practice of conversion therapy. There is no question that it both does not work, and constitutes a form of both psychological torture and fraud. It is a practice steeped in centu- ries of bigotry from a narrow religious bias and has no place in a modern society. * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/gay-conversion-therapy-torture.html this field (maximum 2500 characters) https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/i-experienced-conversion-therapy-and-its-time-to- ban-it-across-canada/

https://theconversation.com/treatments-as-torture-gay-conversion-therapys-deep- roots-in-australia-95588

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* First name Hayley

* Last name Erza

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject May 13 Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I wholeheartedly support banning this dangerous practice - Calgary proves it's caring this field (maximum 2500 and forward thinking nature by instituting such a ban. characters)

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* First name Blake

* Last name Kanewischer

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036204453

* Subject Conversion Therapy bylaw

Calgary City Council needs to demonstrate leadership by banning the practice of conversion therapy (i.e., attempts to change LGBTQ+ persons’ sexual orientation or * Comments - please refrain from gender identity). Established evidence argues that gender and sexual identity are providing personal information in innate and not a choice. “Therapeutic” interventions otherwise are inhumane, because this field (maximum 2500 they do harm to the “patient.” characters) Please enact such a ban.

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* First name brianna

* Last name de konging

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject ban conversion therapy!

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in i support banning conversion therapy and stopping abuse! the lgbt people in this city this field (maximum 2500 deserve respect and protection. characters)

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* First name Kara

* Last name Plotnikoff

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

Dear Council,

Please consider this brief letter of support for the ban of conversion therapy in Calgary. * Comments - please refrain from This is an important bill that must be passed in order to protect children and youth from providing personal information in the extremely harmful outcomes of conversion “therapy”. There is no room for hate and this field (maximum 2500 prejudice in this city by allowing this hateful practice to continue. I fully support the City characters) in passing this motion.

Sincerely, Kara Plotnikoff

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* First name Donald

* Last name Adams

Email [email protected]

Phone 2363334456

* Subject Conversion Therapy?

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion therapy?? Isn't it 2020 and Calgary too? this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Victoria

* Last name Smith

Email [email protected]

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* Subject Please ban conversion therapy in Calgary

I am writing to support the ban of conversion therapy in Calgary, which as I understand is up for debate in council this week. We live in 2020, a year when it feels shameful * Comments - please refrain from that this is even up for debate. We should not be debating homophobic behaviour, it providing personal information in should simply be deemed illegal and no different to a hate crime. Our LGBTQ commu- this field (maximum 2500 nity deserve an equal place in society, to be supported and respected for who they are. characters) Conversion therapy does the exact opposite. I hope to see council ban conversion therapy in our city this week.

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* First name Norma

* Last name Baldwin

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Support for Proposed By-laws regarding Conversion Therapy in Calgary

I am writing as part of an Affirming congregation and would like my voice to be heard * Comments - please refrain from on this subject. I am definitely against Conversion Therapy. In the past, I have providing personal information in known of some people who have been pushed through the therapy only to come out this field (maximum 2500 the other side, not knowing who they are and sometimes feeling suicidal.. This conver- characters) sion therapy must be stopped. Thank you for the opportunity to speak on this subject. N> B.

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* First name Marko

* Last name Wilson

Email [email protected]

Phone 4035121231

* Subject Stop

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Pleas ban this as a gay man, This ain’t a question this should be just a ban.. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name James

* Last name Hill

Email [email protected]

Phone 5872248884

* Subject Ban conversion therapy!

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please vote to ban conversion therapy. It is harmful, hateful, bigoted, and leads only to this field (maximum 2500 pain and suffering. characters)

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* First name Rick

* Last name Barber

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Converaion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please vote to ban this practice. this field (maximum 2500 Thank you. characters)

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* First name joanne

* Last name harris

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* Subject bill to outlaw conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in please pass this law & end this unfair & ineffective torture/ therapy this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Pamela

* Last name Gaudette

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* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from As an experienced and now retired MSW social worker and a person of faith, I can providing personal information in unequivocally state that Conversion Therapy must be banned. It is destructive to an this field (maximum 2500 individual's mental health. characters)

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* First name Ron

* Last name Cohen

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036168162

* Subject Banning conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I ask city council to support the LGBTQ community and ban conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Leslie

* Last name Ayers

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Banning conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from As a Calgarian and a queer person, I ask members of city council to do the right thing, providing personal information in the humane thing. Please vote to ban the torture that is conversion therapy. Thank this field (maximum 2500 you. characters)

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* First name BRAD

* Last name BILL

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject May 13 Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT AND ENDORSE THIS. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Cathy

* Last name Driedger

Email [email protected]

Phone 4039788096

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I am totally against conversion therapy, and so greatly support Calgary city Council in providing personal information in their efforts to ban this practice. I support a vote by city Council that would ban conver- this field (maximum 2500 sion therapy. Thank you characters)

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* First name Dana

* Last name MacMillan

Phone

* Subject Ban on conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I SUPPORT the ban on conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Cheryl

* Last name Fisher

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from This is someone's right to their body. You should have no say. If it helps them to providing personal information in become their true self, why are you interfering. You should not be. Let them be this field (maximum 2500 themselves. characters)

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* First name Jade Elizabeth Taylor

* Last name Taylor

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Phone

* Subject Banning conversion therapy

I am aware that you have a vote coming up about the controversial conversion therapy * Comments - please refrain from for people identifying as homosexual, lesbian or gay. This practice is now banned providing personal information in worldwide in many countries as a barbaric practice with little effect. Please consider this field (maximum 2500 banning this in the province of Calgary. Thank you for your time to read this and hear characters) my opinion

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* First name Brian

* Last name Robertson

Email [email protected]

Phone 5877748716

* Subject Bylaw against Conversion Therapy

I support the councils comprehensive and strong proposed bylaw that you've worked on since the council meeting I attended back on February 3rd. As I recall, there was unanimous support for taking this action. I hope that this medieval, non-scientific and discriminatory practice be banned in it's entirety. There is no place for this sort of treat- * Comments - please refrain from ment to anyone as it is not ethical or helpful in any case. Do not be persuaded by the providing personal information in religious right. Public health and mental health is not the place for religion. This prac- this field (maximum 2500 tice has been very harmful and has no place in Canada. The Federal Government is characters) working on this issue, but their wheels turn very slowly. Thanks to this council, your action is recognized and appreciated by more silent Canadians than the vocal minority than you know.

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* First name Jean

* Last name McDermott

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Bylaw Proposal to ban Conversion Therapy

I am sending a message of support of the Bylaw. Conversion therapy is cruel, inhu- * Comments - please refrain from mane and should never be allowed or imposed on anyone. It is an affront to human providing personal information in rights and a grave injustice. We must uphold human rights and the freedom of every- this field (maximum 2500 one to their own expression and to be able to love whom they choose. No one should characters) be able to infringe on those individual rights by imposing archaic, unjust practices. Please respect all and ban Conversion Therapy. It is the right thing to do.

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* First name Nicholas

* Last name Pagnucco

Email [email protected]

Phone 518-505-9756

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

I have lived in Calgary for almost 4 years, and I fully support the conversion therapy ban. A pseudo-medical practice that is neither effective nor safe should not be allowed. Furthermore, I do not believe banning conversion therapy is an attack on * Comments - please refrain from Christianity. While some Christian faith communities do not accept the legitimacy of providing personal information in LGBTQ people's sexuality & gender identity, others do. Also, based on my under- this field (maximum 2500 standing of the ban, the idea this would criminalize churches seems like extreme fear characters) mongering.

Therefore, I fully support a ban on conversion therapy.

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* First name Melanie

* Last name Taylor

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034738679

* Subject Please ban conversation therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in It's way beyond time that we collectively stand for every Canadian and citizen of the this field (maximum 2500 world to live with empathy, love and freedom to be who they are as they are. characters)

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* First name Steve

* Last name Dahl

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Ban Gay conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please proceed with the ban on this heinous practice and make Calgary the formerly this field (maximum 2500 last city where this practice is allowed. characters)

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* First name Johannes

* Last name den Boer

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-686-6493

* Subject Bylaws against conversion therapy of any or all forms

We strongly Support the Proposed Bylaws regarding Conversion Therapy in Calgary, * Comments - please refrain from May 13, 2020 providing personal information in Hans & Helen den Boer - Living Spirit United Church. We are strong supporters of this field (maximum 2500 freedom of relationships and religion and support of extensive and enforcable bylaws characters) against conversion therapy of all forms.

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* First name Loren

* Last name Spector

Email [email protected]

Phone 4034018244

* Subject Ban conversion therapy now

* Comments - please refrain from Conversion therapy is a heinous practice that often does psycholigical harm to its vic- providing personal information in tims. It is regressive and has no place in a foward thinking city like YYC. Thanks for this field (maximum 2500 reading, characters)

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* First name Michael

* Last name Allemeier

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036719556

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from As a citizen of Calgary and taxpayer I support the motion of making Conversion Ther- providing personal information in apy banned and illegal within the City of Calgary. It is cruel, inhuman and completely this field (maximum 2500 unscientific in practice. I hope City Council will ensure this barbaric practice has NO characters) place within the City of Calgary.

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* First name Jennifer

* Last name Leonard

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038806246

* Subject Banning Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Please ban conversion therapy. The fact that this is still a legal practice in our city and providing personal information in parts of this country makes me so sad. We need to accept everyone and not allow this this field (maximum 2500 kind of service to exist. characters)

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* First name Gabrielle

* Last name Maunier

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Please Ban Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I am a resident of Calgary and I support banning conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Shirley

* Last name Skulmoski

Email [email protected]

Phone +14036087552

* Subject Banning conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please uphold the vote from February banning conversion therapy. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Tracey

* Last name Spence

Email [email protected]

Phone 4033901444

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support banning conversion therapy and stopping abuse. The law should include pun- this field (maximum 2500 ishment equal to aggravated assault. characters)

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* First name Kim

* Last name Faires

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

Dear YYC Council,

I am deeply concerned about the current political climate as it relates to the LGBTQ community. They are being targeted and are in need of allies more than ever. The * Comments - please refrain from existence of church-sanctioned conversion therapies is one of many issues they have providing personal information in to fight against. Please, please do the right thing and outlaw this horrific practice. It is this field (maximum 2500 nothing short of abuse, and has no place in an equitable, compassionate, and just characters) society. I’m expecting you to do right by them, and vote to ban it.

Thank you for all you do for this city. K. Faires

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* First name Sherry

* Last name Webster

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion Therapy is not therapy! It is an abusive horrifying act. This should not be this field (maximum 2500 allowed to be performed for any reason, EVER! characters)

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* First name Shelagh

* Last name Campbell

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy ban

* Comments - please refrain from I support efforts by the Calgary City Council to ban this barbaric practice which is providing personal information in incompatible with the rights and freedom Canadians rightly treasure. Conversion ther- this field (maximum 2500 apy is profit-driven by religious hypocrites, many with ‘skeletons’ in their own closets characters) that they are trying to exorcise.

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* First name Eleanor

* Last name Landry

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Drafted bylaws against Conversion therapy to be brought before the city for Approval

As a person of faith, I am writing because I whole-heartedly support council to pass legislation which is effective in ending Conversion therapy including the more covert methods of attempts to shame and convert, primarily by faith based organizations. The notion that an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity can be changed by ther- * Comments - please refrain from apy or conversation is not supported by scientific research. What is clear, is that this providing personal information in practice often has very negative consequences for the individual. What is known is that this field (maximum 2500 conversion therapy can lead many adverse consequences including to poor self characters) esteem, depression, social isolation and/or sexual dysfunction. This practice, in any form, is incredibly harmful and must be stopped! Let’s have a city that welcomes diversity and is sage for all of our citizens, regardless of how they self identify and whom they love.

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* First name Lyndsey

* Last name Sutley

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I wholeheartedly support the proposed ban on conversion therapy. I want to put an end this field (maximum 2500 to this heinous abuse. characters)

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* First name CINDY

* Last name DEANS

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy: Seriously?

Stop this abusivw technique of conversion therapy! It's nonsensical and inhumane. If YOU believe God made us in his image, then whats YOUR problem? If YOU believe a * Comments - please refrain from "straight" baby is born straight and can not be converted to become gay, then YOU providing personal information in must also believe and accept that an LGBQT baby is born LGBQT and most impor- this field (maximum 2500 tantly, CAN NOT BE CONVERTED into a straight person when they're an adult. Per- characters) haps, you shoyld ask yourselves why YOU feel so threatened by another persons orientation? YOU are not God! SO, leave what God made, ALONE!

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* First name David

* Last name Anderson

Email [email protected]

Phone 5873543260

* Subject David Anderson

I understand Council will be discussing a by-law banning conversion therapy. Although I can't believe this is still an issue in 2020 obviously here in evangelical land it is. * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I am opposed to conversion therapy and request Council go ahead with banning this this field (maximum 2500 practice in Calgary. characters) David Anderson

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* First name Sandra

* Last name Menzies

Phone

* Subject May 13 2020 Conversion therapy bylaw

I would like to state my approval of this bylaw as it is 100% necessary to stop the emotional abuse of children. No one has the right to tell another who they are or how they * Comments - please refrain from should feel. I am adamantly opposed to conversion therapy. I know many kids in the providing personal information in LGBTQ+ community and to not pass this bylaw and allow conversion therapy would be this field (maximum 2500 devastating to them and suicides would increase. Every human has the right to chose characters) who they are and who they are attracted to and love. There are many studies that show pushing someone to be something they are not increases suicide. Please vote for life and human rights and approve the bylaw stopping conversion therapy.

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* First name Sharon

* Last name Cameron

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I would like to express my opinion on the subject of conversion therapy which I believe providing personal information in is on your upcoming docket to discuss. Please ban this treatment from being allowed this field (maximum 2500 in our city. characters)

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* First name Donna

* Last name Ontonio

Email [email protected]

Phone

The drafted bylaws against conversion therapy coming to council for approval * Subject Wednesday, May 13th.

We need strict and enforceable bylaws against conversion therapy on a municipal * Comments - please refrain from level. We know there are people who are subjected to conversion therapy programs providing personal information in here in Calgary. It is lethal, toxic and harms people of all ages and identities. It can and this field (maximum 2500 does cause depression, suicide, self harming, self-hatred and deep physiological characters) wounding. Please approve the drafted bylaws so Calgary can become a safe place for people of all sexual identities.

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* First name Dean

* Last name Holtsman

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Ban

To all members of council; * Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please vote to ban the practice of conversion therapy. It is inconceivable that we are this field (maximum 2500 having to discuss this in 2020. The therapy is cruel and inhumane and, in my opinion, characters) amounts to torture. I implore all of council to please vote In favour of banning it in the city of Calgary.

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* First name L. Robyn

* Last name Adair

Email [email protected]

Phone +14038602317

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Conversion therapy is ineffective and abusive. I support efforts to ban conversion this field (maximum 2500 therapy. characters)

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* First name Cheryl

* Last name Strachan

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy

* Comments - please refrain from Please prohibit the dangerous practice of conversion therapy, which has been rejected providing personal information in by every mainstream medical and mental health organization for decades. It can lead this field (maximum 2500 to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide. characters)

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* First name Kathleen

* Last name Junghans

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036673611

* Subject May 13 Conversion Therapy Ban

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in I support it this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Hilary

* Last name Haaf

Email [email protected]

Phone 7789899280

* Subject Conversion Therapy

As a citizen of Calgary, I demand the disgusting and harmful practice of conversion * Comments - please refrain from therapy. It has no place in this world, let alone a city that prides itself on diversity and providing personal information in incusivity. By not prohibiting this is practice we are making a strong declaration that this field (maximum 2500 LGBTQ+ individuals are not safe or welcome in this city. Banning conversion therapy characters) saves lives.

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* First name Francesca

* Last name Patten

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Pohibit Conversion Therapy

No matter their religious beliefs, no person in Canada has the right to inflict emotional * Comments - please refrain from trauma on another, especially not on a minor. Conversion therapy is not only pseudo- providing personal information in scientific, but it is incredibly harmful. Conversion therapy is NOT a right, and city gov- this field (maximum 2500 ernments should NOT be seen to be endorsing harmful practices by allowing them to characters) take place in our city.

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* First name Lori

* Last name Rosmus

Email [email protected]

Phone 4036691393

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Ban it this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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* First name Allison

* Last name Van Winkle

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion therapy

* Comments - please refrain from I am writing to submit my support for a ban on conversion therapy. It is a harmful prac- providing personal information in tice and absolutely not consistent with the positive and inclusive environment I want this field (maximum 2500 Calgary, a city I’ve live in my entire life, to be characters)

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Palaschuk, Jordan

From: Isabel Miller <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2020 12:58 PM To: Public Submissions Subject: [EXT] Standing firm to support the ban on conversion therapy for LBGTQ members of community

Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged

May 12, 2020

Dear Public Clerk:

Please accept this request to identify myself as a member of the United Church of Canada, specifically Living Spirit United Church, an affirming congregation.

I would it to be made known in your minute agenda, that I remain in firm support of banning any effort to institute conversion therapy on members of the LBGTQ community.

Please bring this request forward in your council meeting of May 13, 2020.

Thank you.

Isabel C. Miller

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* First name Michael

* Last name Mulloy

Email [email protected]

Phone 4038165824

* Subject May 13 City Council Discussion: Proposed Conversion Therapy Bylaw

Re Proposed Conversion Therapy Bylaw:

This week the Globe and Mail published an obituary for the eminent psychologist and academic, Dr. Richard Friedman. The obituary can be found in the May 7th edition of the Globe and Mail: "Psychiatrist Challenged Established Ideas of Sexuality".

According to the obituary, Dr. Friedman published "Male Homosexuality: A Contempo- rary Psychoanalytic Perspective" in 1988. This groundbreaking book, published over 30 years ago, upended the prevailing medical view about sexual orientation. To quote from the obituary, his work and the science behind it demonstrated that "sexual orientation was largely biological... undermin(ing) the belief... that homosexuality was a pathology that could be cured." The obituary goes on to say that his thesis was based on scientific studies of identical twins and theories of developmental psychology. He determined "that biology, rather than ideology" is the science on which human understanding of sexual orientation should be based.

It is shameful that, 30 years after Dr. Friedman's work was published, LGBTQ people * Comments - please refrain from in our city continue to be menaced with the specious so-called "cures." Instead of cele- providing personal information in brating the diversity of perspectives and sensibilities that enrich our collective lives, the this field (maximum 2500 fundamentalists among us have a world view threatened by the very existence of our characters) fellow citizens who are LGBTQ.

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During this COVID-19 crisis, as well as other major issues, we are exhorted to be guided by the science. Established science tells us that human societies will always have members who are LGBTQ. Some societies may persecute people who are LGBTQ (and we should not forget that not many years ago Canada was among those societies). We know, however, that our adherence to fundamental human rights expressed in our laws requires us to extend protections to people who face discrimination and persecution simply by being who they are.

Those who are trying to dissuade City Council against implementing this the conversion therapy ban may be vocal, they may be well-organized, but who and what they represent is a desire to return to times where it was perfectly justified to persecute those who are LGBTQ. They are campaigning for a return to the days when being LGBTQ was believed to be a pathology. The people, predominantly young people, who could be forced into this bogus "therapy," have high rates of depression, self-harm and suicide. Let's not go there again.

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* First name Anna

* Last name Murphy

Email [email protected]

Phone

* Subject Conversion Therapy Bylaw

* Comments - please refrain from providing personal information in Please find my full remarks outlined in the document attached. this field (maximum 2500 characters)

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Your Worship (Mayor Naheed Nenshi), Councilors, Distinguished Quests:

Today, I come forward to include my voice and call upon the Municipal Government of Calgary to move unanimously forward in implementing bylaw legislation which would bring our wonderfully vibrant and diverse community one step closer to removing hate, adversity, ignorance, discrimination, and intolerance - specific towards LGBTQ2S+ individuals.

The undeniable fact is that failure and inaction by this chamber to move forward and put in place strong and robust policy against conversion therapy, leaves LGBTQ2S+ individuals especially youth at serious risk of harm and would continue to see folks pushed into a space of fear, and holding onto a perception of their community as being averse towards who they are individuals. It is through this fear and adversity which causes LGBTQ2S+ youth and adults to make choices such as taking their own lives, because in their eyes they do not matter and do not have a space within their community.

Throughout this process communities across Alberta and Canada have become witness to the immense courage shown by those who have endured the blatantly horrific and appalling practices of conversion therapy, along with have heard heartbreaking stories of those no longer with us as a resulting of these practices. The time is now when we must collectively work in sending a unified message of support to LGBTQ2S+ individuals within Calgary, through the province of Alberta, and across Canada.

Before each member of this chamber today is the opportunity to wrap a protective arm around those whom are at risk within our community, to genuinely create a space welcoming and accepting towards all Calgarians – by ensuring policy and legislation is such that sees less victims of these appalling practices within our community. Within the bylaw and outlined within policy adopted by this chamber should be included:

1) Prohibit Practices Provided By:

a. Commercial, merchandising, or industrial activity, or undertaking b. Profession, trade, occupation, calling, or employment c. Activity providing good or services

Regardless of for profit or not and however organized or formed, including co-operative or association of persons

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2) Define Prohibited Activity As:

a. The offering or provision of counselling or behavior modification techniques, administration or prescription of medication, or any other purported treatment, service, or tactic used for the objective of changing a person’s sexual orientation. gender identity, gender expression, or gender preference, or eliminating or reducing sexual attraction or sexual behavior between persons of the same sex, not including:

i. Services that provide acceptance, support, or understanding of a person or that facilitate a person’s coping, social support, or identity exploration or development

ii. Gender-affirming surgery or any service related to gender affirming surgery or care.

3) Ensure policy applies and protects all groups and all ages within the LGBTQ2S+ (Gender and Sexually Diverse) community from conversion therapy practices.

4) Outline and ensure it is understood that within the Municipality of Calgary the following are also included within, as put forward by legislation currently before the Government of Canada:

a. Causing a minor to undergo conversion therapy b. Removing a minor from Canada to undergo conversion therapy c. Causing a person to undergo conversion therapy against their will d. Profiting from providing conversion therapy e. Advertising an offer to provide conversion therapy

Definition:

Conversion therapy aims to change an individual’s sexual orientation to heterosexual, to repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviours, or to change an individual’s gender identity to match the sex they were assigned at birth. It harms and stigmatizes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirit (LGBTQ2) persons, undermines their dignity and negatively impacts their equality rights. It reflects myths and stereotypes about LGBTQ2 persons, in particular that sexual orientations other than heterosexual, and gender identities other than cisgender, can and should be changed. The practice can take various forms, including counselling and behavioural modification. – Department of Justice, Canada (March 9, 2020)

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In conclusion, I want to thank the chamber for their time and consideration of those being heard today and for this ground-breaking and affirming policy put before you. Criminal law reform at all levels of government is an important step towards protecting LGBTQ2S+ individuals within our communities – working to ensure that Calgary is a place where everyone regardless of their gender expression, gender identity, or sexual orientation – can live equally. Personally, I believe in the ability of our great community here within Calgary and throughout the province of Alberta. A belief within our capability to create an open and accepting space for our most vulnerable, to protect them as diverse individuals, and support them in navigating their identities. Together, we can make it known that it is not now nor will it ever be acceptable to impose harmful practices or services upon LGBTQ2S+ individuals.

With greatest respect and appreciation for your time and consideration,

Anna Murphy Calgary, AB Ward 8

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✔ * I have read and understand that my name, contact information and comments will be made publicly available in the Council Agenda.

* First name Alexa

* Last name McGinn

Email [email protected]

Phone 5879178321

* Subject End Conversion Therapy in YYC

Hello, My name is Alexa McGinn and I am a resident of our great city, Calgary. I was born here and have spent most of my life in Calgary. I am urging the City Council to pass the bylaw that prohibits the dangerous practice of "Conversion Therapy" in Calgary, a subject that will be discussed on Wednesday the 13th of May, 2020. As a queer person, I believe that it is vital for this heinous practice to be removed from our city for us to continue to serve, protect, and support our queer and LGTBQIA2S+ Calgarians. We have prided ourselves in the past in creating a warm, tolerate, and welcoming city to all walks of life, but to not have the protections put in place seems to immediately go against these mentalities, After a thorough review of existing research on sexual orientation change efforts (SOCEs) in 2007, the American Psychological Association found "results of scientifically valid research indicate that it is unlikely that individuals will be able to reduce same-sex attractions or increase other-sex sexual attractions through SOCE". In short, these practices do not work. The San Francisco State University also found that "com- * Comments - please refrain from pared with LGBTQ young people who were not rejected or were only a little rejected by providing personal information in their parents and caregivers because of their gay or transgender identity, highly this field (maximum 2500 rejected LGBTQ young people were: 8.4 times more likely to report attempted suicide, characters) 5.9 times more likely report high levels of depression, 4 times more likely to use illegal drugs, and 3.4 times more likely to be at high risk of HIV and STDs. To further add to these statistics, a multitude of medical associations have denounced the conversation therapy, including the Pan-American Health Organization of the World Health

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Organization.

So why do we continue to have dangerous and ultimately ineffective practices still available to the public? As long as Conversion Therapy is allowed to be practiced in our city, we do not fulfill our LGBT discrimination protections to our citizens.

I urge you to pass this bylaw for the protection of individuals such as myself and others so that we can continue to be a world-class city that sets the standard for tolerance, acceptance, and love for all who live in YYC. Sincerely, Alexa McGinn

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* First name Michelle

* Last name Robinson

Email [email protected]

Phone 403-467-0867

* Subject Conversion therapy banning

The Indigenous community, which includes the Indigenous Two Spirit, transgender, LGBTQ+ community and straight, cis have faced and continue to face many toxic, trauma inducing western interventions including western medicine, and including western mental health bias as a result of western indoctrination and conversion therapy. The gender binary was forced on these lands with a new culture that imposed many things, including English. In my language, we did not have she or he, only they and them. In a time of reconciliation, where we acknowledge the harms done to Indigenous peoples' across Turtle Island, we must acknowledge the attempted erasure of Indige- nous peoples and our culture through western indoctrination resulting in genocide. While these conversations are very difficult, they are very needed to stop genocide and the everyday violence Indigenous in Calgary are facing. The significance of violence against Indigenous 2SLGBTQQIA people in Calgary can not be understated. I urge all to read the report and implement the 231 Calls to Justice in the National Inquiries Report with specific emphasis on pgs 447 to 471, Understanding Distinctive Experi- * Comments - please refrain from ences of Danger in the Lives of 2SLGBTQQIA People and Pathway to Violence: Lack providing personal information in of Will and Insufficient Institutional Responses which includes a section on Negligent this field (maximum 2500 Treatment from Health Care Providers and Reporting Gaps in Mental Health Services characters) in volume 1a. In Volume 1b, the Calls to Justice specific to 2SLGBTQQIA are 18.1 to 18.32 on pages 214-218 which are also public in page 100 of the executive summary. I want to bring particular focus to Call to Justice 18.17:

“We call upon all levels of government, service providers, and educators to fund and

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support the re-education of communities and individuals who have learned to reject 2SLGBTQQIA people, or who deny their important history and contemporary place within communities and in ceremony, and to address transphobia and homophobia in communities (for example, with anti-transphobia and anti-homophobia programs), to ensure cultural access for 2SLGBTQQIA people.” Continuing the use of conversion therapy in the City of Calgary, we be the opposite direction of Call to Justice 18.17 of the National Inquiry report. https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ Executive_Summary.pdf We must ban conversion therapy as a way to show we hear and see their struggles listed in the Calls to Justice and the Calls to Action.

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