LGBTQA+ people have nothing to be ashamed of and there is nothing wrong or broken about who we are.
Yet conversion practices are still legal in the UK today.
After five years of constant delays by four Prime Ministers, the UK Government has failed to bring forwards legislation to ban conversion therapy.
But there is strong cross-party and public support for a ban. We will continue to campaign for a ban that protects us all from abuse.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REMOVED HOMOSEXUALITY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES IN 1990.
33 YEARS LATER, ATTEMPTS TO ‘CURE’ US ARE STILL HAPPENING (and LEGAL!).
Conversion therapy includes medical, psychiatric, psychological, religious, cultural or any other interventions that seek to change, “cure”, or suppress the sexual orientation and/or gender identity of a person.
Figures from the UK Government’s National LGBT Survey found that:
👉 7% of LGBT people have been offered or undergone conversion therapy.
👉 10% of asexual people have been offered or undergone conversion therapy.
👉 13% of trans people have been offered or undergone conversion therapy.
It’s time for conversion therapy to be banned.
We must secure a legislative ban which makes conversion therapy illegal:
Wherever it occurs – in public or private, through healthcare or religious and cultural interventions.
Whoever is targeted – whether a child or an adult, whether they are coerced or have been pressured into “consenting”.
From the moment it’s spotted – through advertising on and offline.
WE ARE CALLING FOR THE NEXT UK GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT A BAN THAT LEAVES NO ONE BEHIND.
Time has run out for the current UK Government to bring forward legislation that protects all LGBTQA+ people. But the fight is not over. We will keep campaigning to ban conversion therapy, and to ensure that the next UK Government knows the strength of public support for a ban – and commits to it.
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