Absolutely. I, along with several of my colleagues, will be submitting a brief with all of these recommendations.
There are three components of the definition that I believe need to be amended, two of which you've already heard about. That is the addition of “gender expression” and also, in the current wording of the definition of conversion therapy, there is a second phrase to define conversion therapy as including practices to “reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behaviour”. We need a similar statement that corresponds to practices that would reduce behaviours, traits, or appearances or expressions associated with a gender identity or gender expression that differs from sex at birth, so that it is properly trans-inclusive.
The third addition I would recommend is adjusting the language around changing sexual orientation or gender identity. From what we heard in talking to people who've been through conversion therapy, that was not how the service was promoted or advertised. Rather, the service was about avoiding LGBTQ2 outcomes or identities. I think we need clarify that, actually, the intention of these services is not so much a change to our intrinsic personhood, but rather an avoidance of LGBTQ2 identity.