Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and Elton John are among the stars who have signed an open letter to the government calling for a ban on “conversion therapy”.The practice is used with the aim of “changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, per The Trevor Project’s definition.“Conversion therapists use a variety of shaming, emotionally traumatic or physically painful stimuli to make their victims associate those stimuli with their LGBTQ identities,” the organisation says.
They add that it is based on “the false notion that being LGBTQ is a mental illness that should be cured”.The letter was addressed to Liz Truss, the Minister for Women And Equalities, and urged her to “introduce a truly effective ban on ‘conversion therapy’”.“Any.
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