New research from LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity Galop has found that one in five LGBTQ+ people and more than a third of trans people have been subjected to conversion therapy in the UK.
New research from LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity Galop has found that one in five LGBTQ+ people and more than a third of trans people have been subjected to conversion therapy in the UK.
The UK government has revealed a new law to ban all forms of conversion therapy in England and Wales will include transgender people, after previously stating transgender conversion therapy would not be included in the ban.
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Mind, the UK’s mental health charity, has published a report collecting experiences from those who have suffered from conversion ‘therapy’, and those who have worked with the survivors of these practices.
National LGBTQ+ equality charity the Equality Network has welcomed the Scottish Government’s publication of the report of the Expert Advisory Group on conversion practices, also known as ‘conversion therapy’.
A new YouGov study, the third, and most expansive, in a series spanning back to 2018, shows evidence of an overall gradual erosion in support towards transgender rights.
Top public law and human rights barrister Dan Squires QC, of Matrix Chambers, has advised that the Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill, if enacted in its current form, would likely be open to legal challenge on the grounds that it is incompatible with the Human Rights Act.
New YouGov polling shows majority support for banning conversion therapy for both sexual orientation and gender identity in Wales.
Organisers of London Trans+ Pride have announced the event is set to make a return this year in the form of a protest march on Saturday, July 9, which will “celebrate the memory of trans lives taken and uphold the next generation of trans revolutionaries”.
Over 80 LGBTQ+ organisations and groups, including Stonewall and LGBT Foundation, have pulled out of the UK government’s Safe To Be Me conference due to the government’s u-turn on banning trans conversion therapy.
