Three states and territories have passed legislation banning conversion practices - Victoria, Queensland, and the ACT - and legislation has been proposed in other states.
'I remember just praying every day, that God would heal me or kill me … because I knew that I wasn't going to be able to continue living life the way that I was.' 'The longer I spent in this conversion practices space, the more sick I got, I became very withdrawn, and suffered depression.' Mr Csabs said he was 'desperate to fix what was wrong with me, or what I saw as being wrong'.
'I overheard that and thought, 'maybe I've got demons in me',' Mr Csabs said.Īround 13 years ago, Mr Csabs went through formal and informal conversion practices in Tasmania, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.Ĭonversion practices are based on the idea that a person's sexual orientation or gender identity can be changed, suppressed, or eradicated through practices ranging from psychiatric treatments to spiritual intervention. The churchgoers were discussing how 'seven homosexual demons came out of that man'.
