Liverpool’s trans community are “relieved” the new proposed conversion therapy ban will include the whole LGBTQ+ community.
The UK Government announced yesterday, Tuesday, January 17, its plan to publish a draft bill which will “protect everyone” from conversion therapy. The exact details of the Conversion Practices Bill remain unclear, however, it is claimed that the legislation will “not cause harm to children and young adults experiencing gender-related distress”.
Lily-Rose Hunt, chair of the Liverpool Trans support group, explained that while she and the group are glad a ban on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy has been announced, she fears it is being used as “a distraction while they stoke transphobia and division over Scotland’s progressive reforms of the Gender Recognition Act".
