Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

'Conversion therapy': UK government kicks ban down the road – and there's a major problem with what's been proposed so far

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par Ilias Trispiotis, Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Leeds

For the first time in four years, the king’s (or queen’s) speech has left out a promise to ban so-called “conversion therapy”. This widely discredited set of practices aims to “cure” LGBTQ+ people by changing or repressing their sexuality or gender identity.

The government first promised a ban in July 2018, but has stalled on introducing draft legislation. The director of external affairs at LGBTQ+ rights charity Stonewall called it an “act of frightful…

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