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ACL Slammed for False Claims on Gender
Media release – Equality Tasmania, 2 December 2022
CHRISTIAN LOBBY CONVERSION CLAIMS EXPOSED AS FALSE
PUBLIC URGED TO IGNORE A.C.L. AND HEED EXPERTS AND SURVIVORS
Equality Tasmania has urged the public to ignore claims from the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) that have been condemned as false by independent fact checkers.
AAP FactCheck yesterday said the ACL’s claim that the Tasmanian Government “plan to criminalise parents who question their children’s wish to change gender” is false .
The ACL claim has been made repeatedly on social media and in full page ads in Tasmania’s three daily newspapers.
AAP FactCheck noted that the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s report on conversion practices issued in May this year “specifically puts in place protections for parental care and guidance.”
Equality Tasmania President, Rodney Croome, said,
“The Australian Christian Lobby cannot be trusted to provide the public with reliable information.”
“We urge all Tasmanians, including members of parliament, to ignore the claims made by the ACL and instead listen to what experts and survivors are saying about the harm caused by conversion practices and the need to bring them to an end.”
Equality Tasmania board member, Rose Boccalatte, said,
“As a Tasmanian trans woman, I am very pleased to see the ACL’s false and fear-based claims about trans people exposed for what they are.”
“The ACL’s false claims have caused immense distress to trans and gender diverse Tasmanians and hopefully now we will see a more mature, respectful and fact-based debate about banning conversion practices.”
A copy of the AAP FactCheck report and the ACL’s newspaper ads are attached.
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