New Zealand has voted to protect LGBTQ youth from so-called “conversion therapy.”In an almost unanimous vote, the New Zealand Parliament voted 112 to eight in favour of banning the controversial practice. So-called “conversion therapy” is the discredited and dangerous practice that is intended to change, often by force, a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. The New Zealand Herald reported that it is now an offence to “perform conversion practices on a child or young person aged under 18, or on someone with impaired decision-making capacity. Such offences would be subject to up to three years’ imprisonment, and up to five years where it has caused serious harm, irrespective of age.”Leader of End Conversion Therapy NZ Shaneel Lal tweeted, “The ban on conversion therapy is a win for humanity, not just the queer community.
Oscar Voting Starts Now! Academy Members, You Have Five And A Half Days And Counting
28.01.2022 - 00:01 / deadline.com
The clock is ticking.
Oscar balloting went live at 9 a.m. PT on Thursday morning for the official total of 9,487 eligible voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on the books as of today. The deadline to cast electronic votes is 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday, February 1.
The overall current total of Academy members is 10,487, but 914 of them are emeritus status and don’t vote, likewise for 86 active Associate members. But they can all still watch, movies that is, on the Academy Screening Room digital platform where most of the deciding is taking place in these still-pandemic affected times. You think it is tough to get that older adult audience back to the multiplex? Try also getting some Oscar voters to leave the comfort of their screening rooms. Let’s hope they aren’t watching these films on their laptops at least.
There are 276 films eligible overall for the 94th Oscar year, truncated due to the extension from 12 to 14 months last year, so only films that qualify by release in various ways from March 1-December 31, 2021 are in the hunt this time.
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