a personal view, to be absolutely clear, this is a personal view, having been a conservative for most of my life, that the conservatives have gone backwards. i mean, look, it s theresa may that promised that there would be an all inclusive ban on conversion therapy. she promised that five years ago, now, nick. and we are now as i think we are all agreed, we are now running out of time in terms of what s actually doable in this parliment, so, how long do lgbtq+ people in this country have to wait to see a conversion therapy ban actually take place? and yet. there are founders of your organisation, founders of stonewall, proud gay men and women, who fought for gay rights, who say you no longer speak for us. you assert that there
have gone backwards. i mean, look, it s theresa may that promised that there would be an all inclusive ban on conversion therapy. she promised that five years ago, now, nick. and we are now as i think we are all agreed, we are now running out of time in terms of what s actually doable in this parliment, so, how long do lgbtq+ people in this country have to wait to see a conversion therapy ban actually take place? and yet. there are founders of the organisation, founders of stonewall, proud gay men and women, who fought for gay rights, who say you no longer speak for us. you assert that there is a community, and imply that to disagree with that is to, somehow, be other or worse still to be a transphobe, to use
After almost five years of promises, the UK government says it will again introduce legislation to ban conversion therapy and in a policy shift, the proposed law would include therapies designed for transgender people.
A United Kingdom government official contends that the government's proposed ban on "conversion therapy," once written up, will provide conscience protections.