The city council of Kingston, Ontario voted unanimously on Tuesday to condemn conversion therapy and draft municipal bylaws that would prohibit it, after hearing pleas from conversion therapy survivors and advocates, and an emotional speech by the mayor who has himself has been accused of participating in the practice.
“Conversion therapy is wrong. It's just plain wrong,” Mayor Bryan Paterson said at the virtual council meeting. “I do not support it, or condone it in any way, shape or form.”
