‘There’s no time to wait’ - Mind demands the government bans conversion therapy
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMind is demanding that the government ends all forms of conversion therapy for all members of the LGBT community now. Gemma Byrne, policy and campaigns manager at the mental health charity, said that “there’s no time to wait” to protect people against the psychologically damaging practice.
Appearing on The Out Crowd, a podcast which chronicles what it means to be LGBT today, she said: “The longer we go without a ban, the more people are being subjected to these really awful harmful practices.” There is increased pressure on Rishi Sunak, and his equalities minister Kemi Badenoch, to listen to those demands.
A cross-party group of politicians and campaigners, including senior Conservative MPs, have accused the government of a “moral failing” by ongoing delays to a conversion therapy ban.
In a letter to the prime minister, the group wrote: “Not only has the delay damaged the lives of countless vulnerable LGBT victims, it has also emboldened perpetrators to act with impunity.
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