The UK Government’s failure to deliver a ban on conversion practices after five years of promises is an act of frightful negligence – in doing so, it has given the green light for the abuse against LGBTQ+ people to continue unchecked.
Rather than getting mired in a cynical cultural war, the UK Government should be making decisions based on what the evidence and expertise said. England and Wales’ 1.5 million LGBTQ+ people, and their families, deserve better.
Read the full statement from Cat Dixon, Stonewall Chair:
‘We are deeply disappointed to see that legislation to ban conversion practices has been dropped from the King’s Speech. This was the final opportunity for this UK Government to protect LGBTQ+ people from the abuse and torture that has afflicted generations of LGBTQ+ people in the UK and which continues to this day.
Protections were first promised in Prime Minister Theresa May, and by every subsequent Prime Minister including Rishi Sunak. We saw legislation pledged in both the 2021 and 2022 Queen’s Speech, so the abandonment of promised laws now is an…
