The UK government have promised to ban Conversion "Therapy", and yet they've still neglected to actually get around to it. This week we dig into the facts around this harmful pseudoscience.



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References & Further Reading

Conversion Therapy

https://www.history.com/news/gay-conversion-therapy-origins-19th-century

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/everything-you-need-know-about-conversion-therapy

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conversion-therapy-an-evidence-assessment-and-qualitative-study/conversion-therapy-an-evidence-assessment-and-qualitative-study

https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/Advocacy/policy_resources/AACAP-conversion-therapy-issue-brief.pdf

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352552521001092

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189432/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27474701/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10018052/



Banning Conversion Therapy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiewareham/2023/11/02/lgbtq-celebrities-demand-immediate-conversion-therapy-ban-in-uk/

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/11/06/conversion-therapy-kings-speech-uk-lgbtq/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040471/

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/which-countries-have-already-banned-conversion-therapy