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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Government’s LGBT+ business adviser quits over U-turn on trans conversion therapy

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The government’s LGBT+ business adviser has quit his role in protest at the contentious decision to exclude transgender people from a conversion therapy ban.

Iain Anderson, who was appointed to the role in 2021 by the equalities minister, Liz Truss, also accused the government of attempting to wage a “woke war” on the community.

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