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# MPs call for trans conversion therapy ban
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/mps-call-for-trans-conversion-therapy-ban/
- Published: 2021-03-12T11:11:21.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-12T09:50:49.000Z
- Description: A handful of MPs have insisted the ban on conversion therapy must also include trans people.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, ban conversion therapy, conversion therapy, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ equality, LGBTQ+ rights, Trans Rights, Transgender, UK

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ban-conversion-therapy-love-needs-no-cure-1.jpg)

In the recent[ debate ](https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-08/debates/552D6176-C4D5-47F1-A8C1-C900B58AEB7C/LGBTConversionTherapy?ref=scenemag.co.uk)regarding banning LGBTQ+ conversion therapy in the **UK**, a handful of MPs insisted the ban must also include trans conversion therapy. The subject was brought to parliamentary debate after over 250,000 signed a petition calling for those who practice the controversial form of treatment to be penalised. A 2018 government survey found 7% of all LGBTQ+ people in the UK had been subjected to conversion therapy at some point, with 13% of these people being trans.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/conversion-therapy.jpg)

MP **Elliot Colburn** opened the debate by telling the stories of conversion therapy suvivors, including a trans woman, and said: *“As a gay man myself, and on behalf of LGBTQ+ people in the UK and around the world, we are here, our existence is real, our lives are valid and we cannot and do not need to be cured.”* MP **Crispin Blunt,** who has previously spoken out in support of the trans community, said any ban *“must include trans people”,* as *“they are by far and away the most vulnerable group amongst those in the LGBTQ+ community.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/trans-rights-now-600-400-.png)

MP **Alicia Kearns** said conversion therapy *“disproportionately”* affects trans people, and branded the practice as *“fraudulent quackery”.* A handful of other MPs including **Stephen Doughty, Charlotte Nichols** and **Alyn Smith** called for the practice to be banned. Equalities secretary **Kemi Badenoch** said the government is taking plans to ban conversion therapy *“very seriously”*, and said research into the experiences of survivors has been comissioned. **March 28** will mark 1,000 days since the conservative government vowed to outlaw conversion therapy, with LGBTQ+ activists urging MPs to act as quickly as possible.