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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Queen’s Speech: Government confirms conversion therapy ban won’t cover trans people

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The government has confirmed at the Queen’s Speech that trans people will not be covered in a long delayed ban on “abhorrent” conversion therapy practices.

And the ban on homosexual conversion therapy will cover all attempts to induce children to switch their sexual orientation, but will apply to over-18s only if they do not consent to the process or are forced or coerced into undergoing “therapy”.

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