Conversion 'therapy' has dominated headlines in the press and seen the UK Government come under fierce criticism recently. Whilst the topic has been scrutinised time and time again for being damaging to the entire LGBT+ community, a recent poll has identified that most British people want the archaic treatment gone for good.
According to leading LGBT+ charity Stonewall, conversion therapy refers to: "Any form of treatment or psychotherapy which aims to change a person’s sexual orientation or to suppress a person’s gender identity. It is based on an assumption that being lesbian, gay, bi or trans is a mental illness that can be ‘cured’. These therapies are both unethical and harmful."
Last week the charity condemned the Prime Minister's new plan for conversion therapy, which is not transgender inclusive and announced its withdrawal from the UK Government's Safe To Be Me LGBT+ Conference. Boris Johnson has defended the decision not to include trans people in the Government’s proposed ban on conversion therapy, saying there were “complexities and sensitivities” which needed to be worked through.
