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Motion to ban conversion therapy in Northern Ireland

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The Northern Ireland Assembly voted 59 to 28 in favour of a motion calling for a national ban on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy on April 20.

According to the Belfast Telegraph, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) introduced the motion and stated it was “fundamentally wrong to view our LGBTQ+ community as requiring a fix or cure”.

All major political parties, besides the right-wing Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), voted in favour of the motion.

Following the vote, UUP representative Doug Beattie said: “I am delighted that we were able to bring this issue to the floor of the Assembly.

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