Victoria province in Australia has confirmed its ban on so-called “conversion therapy” in a vote in the Upper House yesterday. It outlaws “therapy” that claims to change either someone’s gender identity or sexuality. It passed by 27 votes to 9 with cross-party support including from the Liberals (the confusingly named Australian counterpart to our Conservatives). The debunked treatment is discredited round the world but allowed in many countries and sometimes even given state support. The official news release from the parliament says: “These are practices which have no basis in medicine; there is no evidence that sexual orientation or gender identity can be changed.