Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (James Manning/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)The Government needs to be “more careful” about banning conversion therapy for trans people, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Monday, after his government made a controversial U-turn on the subject which has received widespread criticism from the LGBT community. The practice, which involves attempting to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is being outlawed for lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals but not trans people.
The result has meant that the government has been forced to cancel its own Safe To Be Me conference, which was due to take place in June, due to the backlash from the move and more than 100 organisations saying they would pull out.
