This week, I am attending the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the most important annual global forum dedicated to advancing gender equality. The key focus this week is domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.

Every LGBTI+ person deserves to feel safe from harm in Ireland, be accepted for who they are, and be supported to live full and equal lives. That is why the government is moving to introduce a ban on conversion practices, which seek to further prejudice and suppress the lives of LGBTI+ people, and place shame on our difference.