2021 Conversion data cited in Kristie Johnston Question on legislative conversion ban to Parliament [2.9.2021].

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Hon Kristie Johnston MP (Independent Member for Clark). (2021). Kristie Johnston Question to Parliament, 2 September 2021. Hobart: Parliament of Tasmania. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvOrA78qXqY&t=2s Hon Kristie Johnston MP asked the Attorney-General, Elise Archer to help save lives and support a legislative ban on conversion practices in Tasmania, citing Prof Jones' paper’s statistics on religious conversion & LGBTQA+ youth suicide rates (created in collaboration with La Trobe University researchers).

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Indicator and evidence title:
Kristie Johnston Question to Parliament, 2 September 2021

Indicator and evidence summary:
Youtube video of Hon Kristie Johnston MP requesting that the Attorney-General Elise Archer help save lives by supporting a legislative ban on conversion practices in Tasmania, citing Prof Jones' paper in collaboration with La Trobe researchers (as evidence that conversion attempts were found to have increased suicidality in LGBTQA+ youth).

Period	2 Sept 2021
Work for	Tasmanian Government, Australia, Tasmania