LGBTQ+ News Research reveals impact of Conversion Therapy practises on LGBTQ+ and trans people in the UK New research from LGBTQ+ anti-abuse charity Galop has found that one in five LGBTQ+ people and more than a third of trans people have been subjected to conversion therapy in the UK. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News UK government sets out to ban all forms of conversion therapy The UK government has revealed a new law to ban all forms of conversion therapy in England and Wales will include transgender people, after previously stating transgender conversion therapy would not be included in the ban. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
International News Qatar’s secret gay conversion centres exposed Wifaq centre is near stadium where World Cup final will be played By Contributor • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News “I felt like I was drowning in a pool of my own shame”: Mind plans to make MPs understand the devastating effects of conversion ‘therapy’ Mind, the UK’s mental health charity, has published a report collecting experiences from those who have suffered from conversion ‘therapy’, and those who have worked with the survivors of these practices. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
National News Expert group submits report to Scottish Government on ending conversion practices National LGBTQ+ equality charity the Equality Network has welcomed the Scottish Government’s publication of the report of the Expert Advisory Group on conversion practices, also known as ‘conversion therapy’. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News YouGov poll reveals an erosion in support for trans rights since 2018 A new YouGov study, the third, and most expansive, in a series spanning back to 2018, shows evidence of an overall gradual erosion in support towards transgender rights. By Contributor • 6 min read
News Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill ‘breaches Human Rights Act’, says leading QC Top public law and human rights barrister Dan Squires QC, of Matrix Chambers, has advised that the Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill, if enacted in its current form, would likely be open to legal challenge on the grounds that it is incompatible with the Human Rights Act. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News YouGov poll shows majority of Welsh people support a ban on trans conversion therapy in Wales New YouGov polling shows majority support for banning conversion therapy for both sexual orientation and gender identity in Wales. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
News London Trans+ Pride to return on Saturday, July 9 Organisers of London Trans+ Pride have announced the event is set to make a return this year in the form of a protest march on Saturday, July 9, which will “celebrate the memory of trans lives taken and uphold the next generation of trans revolutionaries”. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
LGBTQ+ News Over 80 LGBTQ+ and HIV organisations pull out of government’s planned international LGBT conference Over 80 LGBTQ+ organisations and groups, including Stonewall and LGBT Foundation, have pulled out of the UK government’s Safe To Be Me conference due to the government’s u-turn on banning trans conversion therapy. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Peter Tatchell: “A ban that excludes trans people is not a ban at all” The UK government has insisted it will ban so-called conversion therapy for gay or bisexual people in England and Wales – but not for transgender people. This announcement comes hours after it said it would drop the ban entirely. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
LGBTQ+ News Conversion therapy ban to be scrapped by UK government The UK government has abandoned its pledge to ban so-called conversion therapy, which attempts to change or suppress someone’s sexuality or gender identity and is already outlawed in several other countries including Canada and New Zealand, according to a leaked document shared with ITV News By Graham Robson • 2 min read
