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An LGBTQ+ conversion therapy ban is bound to backfire

14 January 2023

2:17 AM

14 January 2023

2:17 AM

Advertising and promoting conversion ‘therapy’ to under 18s could soon be banned if a group of MPs get their way. Alicia Kearns, the Tory MP and leader of the Foreign Affairs committee, has laid an amendment to the Online Safety Bill which says ‘content which advertises or promotes the practice of so-called conversion practices of LGBTQ+ individuals must be considered as harmful’.

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