UK Government to Include Transgender People in Conversion Therapy Ban

UK Government to Include Transgender People in Conversion Therapy Ban
Britain's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Michelle Donelan leaves after attending the first cabinet meeting under the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in 10 Downing Street, in central London, on Oct. 26, 2022. Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images
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The government is set to publish draft legislation setting out how it will ban conversion therapy for gay and also transgender people.

On Tuesday the government said that it will “shortly” publish a draft bill detailing its proposed approach to ban conversion practices on the basis of sexuality and gender identity in England and Wales. The government previously said its plans would not cover trans people.

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