UK to ban gay 'conversion therapy' after massive survey

[DonViejo]

Source: The Bangkok Post/AFP




3 Jul 2018 at 15:45

WRITER: AFP

LONDON: Britain on Tuesday unveiled its "action plan" to tackle discrimination against the gay community, which includes bringing forward legislation to ban the practice of conversion therapy.

The plan was drawn up using data from an online survey that received 108,000 responses, making it the largest ever national survey of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) people anywhere in the world.

Around 2% of respondents said they had received some form of conversion therapy, while another 5% had had it offered to them but refused.

LGBT rights group Stonewall defines conversion therapy as "any form of treatment or psychotherapy which aims to reduce or stop same-sex attraction," although the survey did not provide a definition.

Read more: https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/1496790/uk-to-ban-gay-conversion-therapy-after-massive-survey

[RKP5637]

1. K&R!!! n/t

[Aristus]

2. That's wonderful news!

[AllaN01Bear]

3. i never bought this socalled gay conversion nonsense . can a leopard change its spots to stripes ?no

good on the uk.

[7962]

4. I never knew it was legal there to begin with! nt