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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Murray

BIZARRE: Bring in uk ban on conversion practices now lgbtq campaigners urge - What They Never Told You

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Members of the LGBTQ+ community have said the legislation to stop conversion practices must not contain any loopholes. Photograph: Loredana Sangiuliano/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

Activists have called for a ban on so-called gay conversion therapy to be brought forward immediately with “no loopholes” five years after the government first promised it would ban the practice.

Stonewall said lives were continuing to be ruined by attempts to “cure” LGBTQ+ people “of being themselves” as Monday marked half a decade since the government vowed it would introduce legislation to outlaw conversion practices.

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