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Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. [1] As of December 2023, twenty-eight countries have bans on conversion therapy, fourteen of them ban the practice by any person: Belgium, [2] Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain; seven ban ...
In January 2022, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued statements opposing the removal of administrative barriers for transgender people to obtain legal recognition in Scotland and recommending that the ban on conversion therapy in England and Wales exclude therapies aimed at transgender individuals. [58] [59]
The Coalition Against Conversion Therapy published an open letter calling for the ban to include all forms of conversion therapy. The director of gender-critical campaign group Transgender Trend criticised the letter, highlighting the interim report of the Cass Review. [8]
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Almost 50 peers are listed to speak on the Conversion Therapy Prohibition Bill, introduced by a Lib Dem backbencher.
A 2022 YouGov poll found majority support in England, Scotland, and Wales for a conversion therapy ban for both sexual orientation and gender identity, with opposition ranging from 13 to 15 percent. [ 80 ]
A ban on such therapy, which aims to suppress or change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, was first promised in 2018. Trans-inclusive conversion therapy ban to ‘respect teacher ...