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julie-su:

Hey so I haven’t seen much about this on Tumblr, but the UK Government backed out of including Transgender people in the Conversion Therapy Ban yesterday on TDOV (Thursday 31st of March, 2022)

It was first stated that the ban would be dropped entirely, but a revision was made a few hours later, stating that it would go ahead for sexualities, but not gender identities - against the advice of the NHS (That’s the National Health Service, for those outside of the UK), even.

Conversion therapy: Ban to go ahead but not cover trans people

The government U-turns on plans to drop a ban on conversion therapy for gay and bisexual people.

BBC News

People living in the UK are urged to contact your MP, there is a site geared to help you do this;

Ban Conversion Therapy

LGBTQ+ and faith communities and mental health practitioners are united in calling for the UK government to ban conversion therapy.

Ban Conversion Therapy

Mermaids has also made a form by which you can contact your MP!

Here it is. Just pop in your details and it’ll find your MP and give you a form letter that you can edit if you want, and then send it for you. 💜