#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #UK #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update - (en) UK, ACG: Conversion Therapy Must End by Tom Hughes (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 The UK government recently reaffirmed, in the Queen's Speech, given by proxy

parasite-in-chief, Charles, its intention not to ban conversion therapy when
performed on transgender people. And indeed, the legislation will only protect
gay people from conversion therapy if the victim is under-age or does not
consent. ---- Campaigners, several major mental health organisations and health
professionals have condemned the moves. Many health organisations, including NHS
England, NHS Scotland, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the British
Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and the Royal College of GPs
signed up to a ‘Memorandum of Understanding' in 2017 which agreed upon a
definition of conversion therapy - and called it "unethical and potentially harmful".

The memorandum proceeds from the understanding that being gay or trans is not a
mental illness so no treatment should be applied. The document goes on to point
out that conversion therapy, "attempts to bring about a change of sexual
orientation or gender identity, or seeks to suppress an individual's expression
of sexual orientation or gender identity on that basis".

Ban Conversion Therapy - a campaign formed by a coalition of LGBTQIA+ and faith
communities and organisations, and mental health practitioners united in calling
for the Government to Ban Conversion Therapy and support victims and survivors -
seeks to make conversion therapy illegal:

* Wherever it occurs - in public or private, through healthcare or religious and
cultural interventions.
* Whoever is targeted - whether a child or an adult, whether they are coerced or
have consented.
* From the moment it's spotted - through advertising on and offline.

The ACG supports these calls to safeguard trans people from abuse. You can read
the Ban Conversion Therapy briefing on protecting trans people from gender
identity conversion practices here: PDF.
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5efc4344362f4379c92231da/t/62629af0ff5cf66e052c1a99/1650629361587/BCT+briefing_22+April+2022.pdf

You can support the BCT campaign on this link:
www.banconversiontherapy.com

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2022/05/21/conversion-therapy-must-end/
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