Sajid Javid defends the government's approach to conversion therapy, saying medical experts must be involved in determining what procedures are necessary. Read more here:
Also this week, new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission said that transgender people can be legitimately excluded from single-sex services - but only if the reasons are"justifiable and proportionate".
Deputy PM Dominic Raab took to social media to express his agreement with the prime minister, saying"it doesn't strike me as fair for those born male to compete with those born female in sport". In 2015, the International Olympic Committee changed its rules allowing transgender athletes to compete as a woman if their testosterone levels are below a certain threshold - ten nanomoles per litre for at least 12 months before the competition.In 2019, World Athletics lowered the maximum level to five nanomoles per litre.
made history as the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics in the games' 125 year history.Meanwhile, a former LGBT government adviser has urged leaders to stop making"pathetic excuses" for not banning transgender conversion therapy.
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