Truss says conversion therapy ban will include trans community
UK equalities minister Liz Truss has told ITV News that any national ban on conversion therapy will protect the trans community.
During a recent parliamentary debate discussing the possibility of outlawing the controversial practice, a handful of MPs including Crispin Blunt and Alicia Kearns said any ban must include trans conversion therapy, with Blunt saying trans people are the “most vulnerable” group in the LGBTQ+ community.Truss has now confirmed the government intends to include trans conversion therapy under the ban, saying: “I’m very clear that we want to make sure that transgender people are free to live their lives and don’t face the type of horrific conversion therapy that currently has been going on here in the UK.” Stonewall re.
