North Tyneside Council has passed a motion to urge the Prime Minister to extend proposed legislation to ban ‘conversion therapy’ to include and protect trans people.
‘Conversion therapy’ is the discredited practice to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. According to LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall: “Conversion practices are one-directional: the intention is to get a person to change or their sexual orientation or gender identity.
“This is the opposite of appropriate, affirming and healthy therapy or counselling, which will support an individual who is exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity whatever the outcome may be.
