Submitted on Saturday 2nd April 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 6th April 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban Conversion Therapy for Transgender People
The government has recently set out plans to end conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ individuals, but they have excluded transgender people from these plans. This petition is asking for the government to include transgender people in these plans.
Conversion therapy is "unethical and potentially harmful" (GMC, 2015), is based in discrimination and can be psychologically damaging to those who endure it. The American Psychiatric Association says, "the potential risks of reparative therapy are great, including depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior [...and] may reinforce self-hatred already experienced by the patient." The ban is an hugely positive step, but transgender people should be protected from conversion therapy as well.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Ensure Trans people are fully protected under any conversion therapy ban: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/613556
Ban LGBT+ Conversion Therapy: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/613518
18.227.228.95 Mon, 06 May 2024 03:45:34 +0100
