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# Government sets out plans to ban conversion therapy
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/government-sets-out-plans-to-ban-conversion-therapy/
- Published: 2021-10-30T08:09:14.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-29T11:33:42.000Z
- Description: Liz Truss has announced the government’s proposal to ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy while launching a 6-week consultation on the matter.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Mental Health, News, Politics, Queer Corner, ban conversion therapy, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Conversion therapy, Liz Truss, Stonewall UK, UK

Equalities minister Liz Truss has announced the government’s proposal to ban LGBTQ+ conversion therapy while launching a 6-week consultation on the matter. According to the [official government website](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-progresses-ban-on-lgbt-conversion-therapy?ref=scenemag.co.uk), Truss confirmed that the ban will bring an end to any practices that aim to alter a person’s sexual orientation or [gender identity](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mps-call-for-trans-conversion-therapy-ban/), as well as outlawing *“coercive”* therapies for adults.

Explaining the proposal, Truss said: *“There should be no place for the abhorrent practice of coercive conversion therapy in our society…I want everyone to be able to love who they want and be themselves.”* However, the proposed ban will still allow anyone to *“free to seek out professional help and guidance”*, [causing concern](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-conversion-therapy-ban-b1947249.html?ref=scenemag.co.uk) among activists who suggested that conversion therapy can still cause *“severe psychological harm*”, even if the individual appears to have consented to it.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ban-conversion-therapyy-600400.png)

The consultation survey has been launched today, with officials encouraging *“everyone with an opinion on how we should introduce the ban and urge those with an interest and particularly those with experience of conversion therapy to come forward.”* [Stonewall UK](https://twitter.com/stonewalluk/status/1453988168877940743?ref=scenemag.co.uk) has described the proposals as a *“huge step”* towards banning conversion therapy, adding: *“Conversion therapy is coercive and abhorrent, and does not work. You cannot change an LGBTQ+ person from being who they are, and to try to do so causes lasting damage.”*