UK bans conversion therapy for gay or bisexual people, but not transgender people

The Government of the

announced this Thursday that it will ban conversion therapies for

or

people , but not for

people , after several leaks to the English press about a possible change of opinion regarding the veto of these practices.

Conversion therapies attempt to change or suppress a person's sexuality or gender identity.

has reported

.

However, as of early Thursday, a

government spokesman said that ways to prevent them through current legislation and "other non-legislative measures" were being studied.

In addition, a document from

has been leaked to ITV News, detailing that the Prime Minister had agreed "not to advance legislation" to ban these conversion practices.

The announcement of the possible declining of the ban on conversion therapies has created great controversy in the country.

Following the scandal, ITV News journalist

posted on his Twitter profile that the Prime Minister had "changed his mind following the reaction to the report".

Brand, citing a senior government source, has assured that the legislation will be included in the Queen's speech in May.

Initial reports that the government did not intend to go ahead with the ban have drawn widespread criticism.

"A total betrayal of the LGTBIQ+ community"

Liberal Democrat MP

has criticized the Conservatives' "180 degree turn" as "greenlighting a form of torture in the UK".

"It's a total betrayal of the LGTBIQ+ community," she has said.

Thus, he has emphasized that "conversion therapy should have been banned years ago, but" conservatives are looking the other way at this abusive and dangerous practice. "This is a complete injustice.

The government must ban it without hesitation or delay," she said.

For her part,

, a prominent campaigner against conversion practices has said: "This is by far the biggest betrayal of trust that the LGBT+ community has experienced in years and goes against every commitment that ( the prime minister), their ministers and other senior parliamentarians have done.

"It is incredible to believe that such a promise has been backtracked on, especially given the clear evidence of significant harm to vulnerable LGBT+ people that has been revealed by your own government's investigation," he said. .

The document that has been leaked to ITV News, entitled

, recommended announcing the change at the time of the Queen's speech in May.

"This will allow us to position the decision as a priority of our legislative program and reduces the risk of it appearing that we have singled out an LGTBIQ issue," the document said.

The leaked report also recommended blaming the change of heart on "cost of living pressures and the crisis in

."

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