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7th April 2022
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The decision has been met with much backlash both in the UK and here in Ireland. The UK was set to have its first international LGBTQ+ conference, and in a mass protest over 100 organisations have pulled out.
A statement from the organisations now not attending stated the main reason as, “broken promise on protecting trans people from the harms of Conversion Therapy.”
The Welsh Government have called the lack of protection for trans people "unacceptable" and has said that they will be seeking legal advice on how their country can ban conversion therapy in all its forms.
The opposition government also condemned the decision, Labour MP Nadia Whittome said, "LGB comes with the T, and the Tories are not on our side."
Boris Johnson has defended his decision and also went on to share transphobic views about trans women in sports and changing rooms.
The Irish Government are currently conducting research into conversion therapy practices here in order to draft legislation banning it this year.
In 2021 The Gay Health Network called on the Government to speed up this process;
“We are gravely concerned at the stalling of progress on this matter, and at the continued delay by Government on the enactment of the legislation, on the basis that research is needed," they said.
The Psychological Society of Ireland which is the professional body for psychology in Ireland also made a statement in 2019 on conversion therapy stating that it "has no place in any modern society that values and respects the sexual orientation of all in our society.
"To even call it “therapy” is an affront to the work we do as Psychologists."
A decision like this in the UK has international implications and trans people around the world are affected by large governments refusing to show solidarity with them.
Trans Equality Together has come out against the decision and said; "A ban on conversion practices that excludes trans people is not a ban."
"This abusive practice cannot be deemed harmful for some individuals and not for others," they said.
The coalition continues to work with Irish legislators on introducing legislation in Ireland that bans conversion therapy for all.
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