Nina Vallins is a lawyer, and a founding member and spokeswoman for the Victorian Women’s Guild. We talk in this video about the conversion therapy bill currently before the Victorian Parliament, a version of which is likely to be introduced in Tasmania early in the new year. Questions & timestamps below.

Timestamps

00.00 – 00.36
Intro

00.36 – 04.02
Q1: What is this bill doing? What does it change, and who is it targeting?

04.03 – 07.48
Q2. What’s the need for this bill, what problem is it responding to in the state?

07.48 – 11.36
Q3. What should feminists be most worried about in the bill? How does this bill stand to harm the interests of women and girls, if it does?

11.36 – 15.00
Q4. What does the Victorian Women’s Guild want? Should the bill be rejected outright, or amended? If amended, what are the amendments you’d like to see?