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Coalition of LGBTQ+ groups urge government to ban conversion therapy after ‘1000 day’ wait

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March 28 will mark exactly 1,000 days since the government announced a commitment to end conversion therapy practices in the UK.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May promised to outlaw ‘abhorrent’ conversion therapy treatment as part of the LGBT Action Plan in 2018.

Conversion therapy is the practice of attempting to ‘erase, repress, cure or change’ someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity through forms psychological and physical methods.

At its most extreme, it involves shock therapy where LGBTQ+ people are subjected to jolts of electricity while watching scenes of same-sex affection.

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