Woman who lived as ‘man’ for 11 years begs Canadian politicians to not ban therapy that healed her
Change is possible, I know, because I have changed’
(LifeSiteNews) – A woman who lived as a man for eleven years before receiving healing has delivered a powerful and direct message to Canadian senators, urging them to vote no to a bill which would make it illegal to advertise or profit from “conversion therapy” aimed at helping LGBT people overcome unwanted sexual conditions.
“Senators of Canada, I would encourage you to vote no on Bill S-202. Without the help of discipleship ministries and counseling, I could not be living in my biological sex healthy and whole,” said KathyGrace Duncan in an exclusive joint video message produced by LifeSiteNews in collaboration with Campaign Life Coalition (CLC).
“I lived as a man for 11 years and I walked out of that 27 years ago. Change is possible, I know, because I have changed,” said Duncan in the video message.
Bill S-202, now before the Senate, would criminalize so-called conversion therapy, which it defines as:
any practice, treatment or service designed to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity or to eliminate or reduce sexual attraction or sexual behaviour between persons of the same sex. For greater certainty, this definition does not include a surgical sex change or any related service.
Duncan made it clear in her message to senators that it’s wrong to deny same-sex attracted and gender-confused people the option of pursuing change in their orientation, identity, or behaviors, if they so choose.
She said in “voting no” against the bill, senators would allow “hope to continue” to those like herself who are seeking help from counseling or church-based ministries. Churches are “offering healing and restoration to those who struggle with unwanted same-sex attraction, homosexuality, or gender confusion,” she said.
The bill would take away a person’s ability to find the help they need, she said.
Jack Fonseca, director of political operations for CLC, said to LifeSiteNews that video messages such as Duncan’s serves as the only way to combat the “relentless propaganda about ‘conversion therapy’ as a form of ‘torture’ that is ‘discredited’ and ‘does not work’.”