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'We must redouble efforts' - O'Gorman restates commitment to end LGBT conversion therapy

The Irish government's commitment to ending LGBT conversion therapy has been restated by the Minister for Equality. Minister Roderic O'Gorman spoke on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia today (Tuesday May 17) to re-assert ...

17 May 2022 at 21:33

Plans set out to ban conversion therapy intended to change sexual orientation

Legislation to ban conversion therapy that attempts to change someone’s sexual orientation has been outlined in the Queen’s Speech, following a series of U-turns by the Government. The conversion therapy Bill will aim to stop “abhorrent practices ...

10 May 2022 at 12:55

Stop pathetic excuses on transgender conversion therapy ban, urges ex-adviser

A former LGBT Government adviser has urged leaders to stop making “pathetic excuses” after the Prime Minister said there are “complexities and sensitivities” around banning conversion therapy for transgender people. Jayne Ozanne said the LGBT+ ...

06 Apr 2022 at 14:25

LGBT+ business champion quits over transgender conversion therapy row

The UK’s LGBT+ business champion has resigned “with a heavy heart” over the Government’s “profoundly shocking” position on banning conversion therapy for transgender people. Iain Anderson said trust and belief in the Government’s commitment ...

05 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Groups pull out of landmark LGBT conference over conversion therapy ban change

At least one hundred organisations have pulled out of a landmark LGBT Government conference planned for this year following the “unacceptable” exclusion of transgender people from plans to ban conversion therapy. More than 80 LGBT+ groups ...

04 Apr 2022 at 18:55

Religious leaders urge PM to include trans people in conversion therapy ban

Religious leaders including the former Archbishop of Canterbury have written to the Prime Minister urging him to include trans people in a ban on conversion therapy. Dr Rowan Williams is among the signatories of a letter sent on Monday ...

04 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Conversion therapy ban U-turn meant to distract from cost of living – Starmer

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has suggested the Government’s double U-turn on the banning of conversion therapy was meant as a distraction from the cost-of-living crisis. Sir Keir, speaking on a visit to Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on ...

01 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Wallis says excluding trans people in conversion therapy ban a ‘broken promise’

The first transgender MP said he is “bitterly disappointed” that people who identify as a different gender to the one they are born into will be excluded from plans to ban conversation therapy. Jamie Wallis, Conservative MP for ...

04 Apr 2022 at 23:55

Landmark LGBT conference in question after conversion therapy ban row

The Government’s first international LGBT conference could be cancelled after at least 100 organisations pulled out over the “unacceptable” exclusion of transgender people from plans to ban conversation therapy. The PA news ...

04 Apr 2022 at 21:25

‘Biological males’ should not compete in women’s sports – Boris Johnson

“Biological males” should not compete in women’s sports, while women should have access to single-sex spaces in places such as hospitals and prisons, the Prime Minister has said. Boris Johnson said it seems to him to be ...

06 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Wales seeking legal advice on conversion therapy ban after ‘partial’ U-turn

Wales is seeking legal advice on the “unilateral action” it can take to ban conversion therapy, after the UK reportedly committed to stamping out the practice for gay people, but not those who are trans. In a statement ...

01 Apr 2022 at 23:25

Report shows ‘shocking’ use of sexual violence to convert or punish LGBT+ people

Around one in four LGBT+ victims of sexual violence in the UK could have been assaulted by people trying to “convert or punish” them, research suggests. Some 23.5% of people surveyed for the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity ...

26 Jan 2022 at 01:26

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