Grosvenor Park United Church wrote a letter asking for a conversion therapy ban, but one speaker wanted to make sure the message led to action.

Grosvenor Park United Church wrote to a Saskatoon city committee seeking a ban on conversion therapy in the city.

On Monday, city council passed a motion to direct administration to draft a bylaw that will ban the controversial practice within city limits.

Calgary is the latest municipality in Alberta to ban conversion therapy. Now, Lethbridge LGBTQ advocates are hoping for a similar move in their city.

Several municipalities in Alberta have passed bylaws prohibiting the practice, and by late May the City of Calgary will have one as well.

“If he suffered to that extent, there’s definitely others who are suffering too.”

The American Psychological Association has said conversion therapy is not based in science and is harmful to mental health.

The City of Calgary is moving ahead with steps to ban the practice of conversion therapy.

Conversion therapy is the practice of counselling people in an attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Edmonton city councillors moved to ban conversion therapy in a unanimous vote Tuesday.