“I definitely think it has probably been a little bit too long.” Curran-Pacquing was involved full-time with a Pentecostal church by the time he reached his late teens, but hid that he was gay. He confided in a church leader at 19 about his sexuality, and was sent to a church counsellor and began conversion therapy.
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Ryan Curran-Pacquing (right) said he was excited that the Government had announced a ban on conversion therapy. Curran-Pacquing previously told
Stuff sessions focused on finding the “root cause” of his sexuality, which the church told him had been caused by childhood trauma. He eventually stopped going to sessions and attempted to “pray it away”.
Saturday, 6 February 2021, 2:24 pm
2021 marks the start of the fourth year since Young
Labour, Young Greens and Rodney Labour petitioned to ban
Conversion Therapy in Aotearoa. Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern says that she wants to see the bill to ban Conversion
Therapy in Parliament by the end of 2021.
Conversion
therapy is any practice or form of treatment that seeks to
change, suppress, or eliminate someone’s sexual
orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression. The
fundamental principle of conversion therapy is that being
takatāpui, MVPFAFF, LGBTQIA+, or other BIPOC rainbow
identities – collectively known as “rainbow” - is
wrong and can be changed. Both claims are false. The CTAG
Press Release – Conversion Therapy Action Group 2021 marks the start of the fourth year since Young Labour, Young Greens and Rodney Labour petitioned to ban Conversion Therapy in Aotearoa. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that she wants to see the bill to ban Conversion Therapy in Parliament by the …
2021 marks the start of the fourth year since Young Labour, Young Greens and Rodney Labour petitioned to ban Conversion Therapy in Aotearoa. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that she wants to see the bill to ban Conversion Therapy in Parliament by the end of 2021.
Conversion therapy is any practice or form of treatment that seeks to change, suppress, or eliminate someone’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression. The fundamental principle of conversion therapy is that being takatāpui, MVPFAFF, LGBTQIA+, or other BIPOC rainbow identities – collectively known as “rainbow” – is wrong and can be changed. Both claims are false. The CTAG seeks to ban
Press Release – Conversion Therapy Action Group
2021 marks the start of the fourth year since Young Labour, Young Greens and Rodney Labour petitioned to ban Conversion Therapy in Aotearoa. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that she wants to see the bill to ban Conversion Therapy in Parliament by the end of 2021.
Conversion therapy is any practice or form of treatment that seeks to change, suppress, or eliminate someone’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression. The fundamental principle of conversion therapy is that being takatāpui, MVPFAFF, LGBTQIA+, or other BIPOC rainbow identities – collectively known as “rainbow” – is wrong and can be changed. Both claims are false. The CTAG seeks to ban all forms of Conversion Therapy including medical and religious forms for all ages.