Shaneel Lal
Shaneel is the co-founder of the Conversion Therapy Action Group, a group working to end conversion therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand. They have worked alongside the Ministry of Education to design a more inclusive education system. Shaneel was selected as the Global Youth Leader for Open Government Partnerships and sat on the Amnesty International Global Youth Taskforce. In 2019, Shaneel joined the Executive Board at Rainbow Youth.
Society
Feb 9, 2021
While the ban on conversion therapy is delayed, queer people are being tortured
In 2021, it's still legal to erase queer identities in Aotearoa – and the government is dragging its feet.
