Boris Johnson will reportedly now ban gay therapy conversion - shortly after the Government said it would not
After the outcry, it was reported Boris Johnson had now decided to U-turn again, going ahead with plans to outlaw gay conversion therapy but not transgender conversion therapy.Earlier on Thursday, the Government said it would not legislate to ban gay conversion therapy but instead explore "other non-legislative measures" to try and stop it from happening.
Confirmation followed a leaked document reported by ITV News, which said: "Given the unprecedented circumstances of major pressures on cost of living and the crisis in Ukraine, there is an urgent need to rationalise our legislative programme." Previously, Mike Freer, the equalities minister, said on Wednesday the Government was "wholly committed" to legislation.
Jayne Ozanne, an LGBT rights activist within the Church of England who chairs the Ban Conversion Therapy campaign, told LBC after the initial U-turn: "I thought it was an April fool, I couldn’t believe that the Government would be so outrageously insensitive, frankly reneging on every promise they’ve ever made."
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