I wrote to my MP last week about the exclusion of trans people in the conversion therapy ban. This is what I said:
I have seen the news about the government choosing not to ban gay conversion therapy but then I saw another report saying they are going to.
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No matter what your government chooses to do, conversion therapy needs to be banned for all LGBTQ+ people, not just gay people. Your government hasn’t chosen to strive to ban transgender conversion therapy and on the day of writing (31st March) it’s Trans Visibility Day and
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still in 2022 they don’t have the legal protection from conversion therapy. Conversion therapy doesn’t work and can cause many mental issues. I see you have continuously voted against laws that would help LGBTQ+ people, like how back in 2013 when same sex marriage was being