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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu

Conversion practices ban will include transgender people, Donelan confirms

Transgender people and their supporters marching through London during the fourth Trans Pride protest march for equality in July.
Transgender people and their supporters marching through London during the fourth Trans Pride protest march for equality in July. Photograph: WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

The government’s plans for a ban on so-called conversion practices will now also include transgender people, the culture secretary has confirmed.

The policy, which has been proposed several times by successive Conservative governments since 2018 when Theresa May was prime minister, will outlaw attempts to change someone’s sexuality or gender identity in England and Wales.

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