The government is set to publish draft legislation setting out how it will ban conversion therapy for gay and also transgender people.
On Tuesday the government said that it will “shortly” publish a draft bill detailing its proposed approach to ban conversion practices on the basis of sexuality and gender identity in England and Wales. The government previously said its plans would not cover trans people.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said that the “Bill will protect everyone, including those targeted on the basis of their sexuality, or being transgender.”
However, some campaigners are concerned that the legislation could leave the door open for psychotherapists to be criminalised when treating patients with gender dysphoria….