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U.K. Government Seeks to Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’
The measure would create new crimes for abusive practices and allow penalties of up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine.
- On Thursday, the government published the Draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalizes abusive acts aiming to change someone's sexual orientation or transgender identity.
- This move follows eight years of promises and delays since the 2018 LGBT Action Plan under former prime minister Theresa May, as existing laws fail to address the 'unique nature' of these practices.
- Anti-LGBT abuse charity Galop identified more than 300 calls about conversion practices between 2022 and 2025, while Baptist minister Justin Kennedy told the BBC he was left suicidal after six years of 'deliverance therapy'.
- Perpetrators face up to five years in prison or unlimited fines, though the bill includes exemptions for legitimate healthcare; Stonewall CEO Simon Blake welcomed it as an 'historic and long overdue step forward'.
- The bill faces pre-legislative scrutiny over the coming weeks before entering Parliament, though Andrea Minichiello Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, warned it could have a 'chilling impact' and vowed to launch a legal challenge.
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The British government announced a bill on Thursday to crack down on conversion therapies for LGBT+ people. Those engaging in such practices risk prison sentences of up to five years and/or a fine. Conversion therapies are practices that claim to be able to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
·Kobbegem, Belgium
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Conversion therapy has no place in society – so we are banning it
As a new study reveals the true extent of conversation therapy in the UK today, LGBT+ minister Olivia Bailey reflects on the lifetime of abuse she has been subjected to as a lesbian, and her hope that this draws a line under it happening to future generations of Britons
·London, United Kingdom
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