There is a citizens initiative for achieving a ban...

There is a citizens initiative for achieving a ban on all LGBTQ+ targeted conversion therapy practices across all member states of the European Union. However for this initiative to progress, there is a requirement for **1 million** signatures in order for the commission bring it before the EU parliament for debate. The collection period for signatures ends 17 May 2025.

To support a European Citizen's Initiative, you need to meet the following criteria:
- You need to be an EU national
- You must be old enough to vote in European Parliament elections (18 in most countries but some lowered the age to 16 for ECIs as shown in the following: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/data-requirements_en

If you have any other questions, they might get answered in the FAQ at https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works/faq_en#Giving-support

Link to the initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

Link to the initiative: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/...

Like 26 May at 15:21 | Open on tech.lgbt

18 comments

Johan Sköld

@Pheebe I can't seem to go to those URLs. They are non-clickable in both my mastodon app and on the tech.lgbt web post in my browser, and the URLs themselves appear truncated in the post so I can't copy them either. Would you mind posting the initiative URL again?

Edit: Maybe it's because it's an expanded post? 🤷

26 May at 18:00 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place

PheebeUK

@rhoot fixed! IDK how that happened. Thank you for mentioning.

26 May at 18:03 | Open on tech.lgbt

Johan Sköld

@Pheebe Yep, works now. Thanks!

26 May at 18:04 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place

rugk

@rhoot
Last one is still not clickable AFAIK
@Pheebe

28 May at 8:01 | Open on chaos.social

Johan Sköld

@rugk @Pheebe It's not, but it looks like an accidental repeat of the one just before it.

28 May at 9:13 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place

Rae Patterson

@Pheebe
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000001_en

26 May at 18:01 | Open on mastodon.social

eena meena me

@Pheebe it's kinda messed up that most of the people affected by this aren't allowed to give their voice on it…

26 May at 18:12 | Open on glitch.social

𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦

@meena @Pheebe yes, but that reinforces the absolute necessity for us, the ones who aren't affected directly by this, to step up and support, broadcast, and be active in their names!

26 May at 22:15 | Open on topspicy.social

Johan | PD1JMB

@Pheebe Signed.

26 May at 18:42 | Open on mas.to

Alan Miller :verified_paw:

@Pheebe I'm completely outside this world, but I think anyone working on proposals like this needs to be VERY CAREFUL that they can't be turned against you. Is there any way in which this could be used to target pre-transition or post-transition counseling?

26 May at 20:49 | Open on infosec.exchange

fedithom

@Pheebe that link doesn't seem to work right ...

27 May at 6:23 | Open on social.saarland

Kaspi

@fedithom @Pheebe Worked for me. Please note that the embedded image does not point to the initiative but to the participant rules. I would recommend to remove this image link because it distracts from the important link (which is the last one in the posting text).

27 May at 10:55 | Open on rollenspiel.social

fedithom

@kaspi @Pheebe

My client doesn't even show it as a link, probably because of the trailing /#/...

This here works fine:

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public

27 May at 14:10 | Open on social.saarland

Dude Germo

@Pheebe "The European Parliament has strongly condemnedall forms of discrimination against LGBTI people, including LGBTI conversion 'therapies'. Moreover, it has also made repeated calls on the Member
States to ban such practices."