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Ban Gay conversion therapy in the United Kingdom.

Submitted on Monday 18th May 2020

Rejected on Thursday 23rd July 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban Gay conversion therapy in the United Kingdom.

Petition Details

The government has made no moves to ban gay conversion therapy in the UK – almost two years after pledging to "eradicate" it.

Additional Information

In 2018, then-prime minister Theresa May's LGBT action plan said the government would bring forward proposals to "end the practice of conversion therapy" as a priority. But equalities minister Kemi Badenoch said this week ministers considered it "a very complex issue" and that the government had not decided how to proceed. "Conversion therapy is a very complex issue," Ms Badenoch said in a written parliamentary written answer replying to a question about plans for legislation. We need this banning


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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300976

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