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Conversion therapy

Latest news, analysis and comment on efforts to ban LGBT conversion therapy in the UK and around the world.

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Conversion therapy ban to be introduced - six years after first promised

Sir Keir Starmer said the ban had been "a promise that has lingered in the lobby of good intentions for far too long".

I underwent conversion therapy. This is what the government must do to stop it

What 14 years of Tory rule has done for LGBT people

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LGBT people ‘deserve apology’ for lack of ban on conversion therapy, says Labour

Psychiatrist who practised conversion therapy hired by major police force