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👋EU people: There's a citizen petition calling on the EU to ban "conversion therapy" to "cure" LGBTQ+ folks, a process people who've experienced it describe as "torture". It needs about 5x its current votes to be considered but is especially in need of voters from: Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Belgium

Update: In the time since my last post on this petition, Ireland's gone from under 50% of needed signatures to well above 100%! España también está muy cerca ahora. The four closest countries are now: Spain at 70%, Belgium-Netherlands-Slovenia near 50%, Sweden-Denmark-Germany all hover around 35%.

EU folks: There is one week left to sign the EU citizen's initiative against "conversion therapy" of LGBTQ folks. I don't think it can hit the total threshold in that time but Spain just hit the country threshold, and Belgium and the Netherlands could still make it: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

Last month the UK proclaimed the legal nonexistence of trans people in a court decision; last night Texas in the US did so by passing a law in its house of representatives. If the EU wants to send a signal it won't participate in the war on trans life, this initiative is a pretty clear way to do so.

OK as of last night the EU citizen petition to ban "conversion therapy" ("medical torture") on LGBTQs met its 7 countries target! (High-5 Slovenia) In the 5 days since I last posted it's jumped 250k votes to 670k votes. It's really close to its target of 1 mil. 1 day left. EU citizens can sign at:

What do I tell someone who is afraid to "submit so much personal information to a global database"?

It's an official citizen consultation by the EU. They already have our personal information, and ask for them to check that signatories are citizen of countries in the EU.

Too late anyway, but I would probably be likely to find out from this person that they're a SovCit or some nonsense.

Moreover, and perhaps more importantly, all collected data in the petition is subject to GDPR: "Likewise, the initiative organisers and the Member Statesʼ authorities are subject to the rules regarding the processing of personal data set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPRʼ)."

Central and Eastern Europe never fails to disappoint. Signing right now.

Finland and slovenia?

Um um wow. WOW? In JUST the time I was asleep the EU "Citizens Initiative" to ban anti-LGBT "conversion therapy" got one-quarter of its entire vote goal, meaning with 9 countries & just over a million votes it "passes" and is sent to the EU parliament. Amazing y'all eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

Slovenia was a pleasant surprise!

Did I just refer to Europe as "Y'all"? Yes. I did "Collection" ends May 17, which I'm told means end-of-day *tomorrow*, so if you're an EU national you can still vote to run up the score and show support for LGBTQ folks. RN Italy, Austria and Portugal are each about 5,000 votes short of endorsing

EU nationals, LAST CALL: The citizens' initiative asking the EU to ban anti-LGBTQ "conversion therapy" ( eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#... ) HAS hit its target but with 7 HOURS LEFT there's still reason to vote— - Portugal & Austria are close! - Denmark & Croatia are ULTRA CLOSE, < 1000 votes each