conversion therapy for all LGBT+ people in the UK.The letter cites the position of a number of leading organisations including the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, which classified conversion therapy as ‘torture’, and the U.N, which called for an end to conversion therapy globally.It also issues a reminder of the Government’s previous intentions to ban the practice in the UK.“Theresa May, as Prime Minister, vowed to eradicate this “abhorrent” practice in 2018 and since then the British public has been waiting expectantly, not least the LGBTQ+ community,” the letter states.“The government has said recently that conversion therapy is complex, which it undoubtedly is, and although we acknowledge this issue is nuanced.
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