U.N. Human Rights Council discusses global conversion therapy ban

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2 min read A United Nations (UN) expert has called for a global ban on conversion therapy while telling the Human Rights Council that the practice inflicts severe pain and suffering on LGBT people often resulting in long-lasting psychological and physical damage.

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Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and Elton John are among the stars who have signed an open letter to the government calling for a ban on “conversion therapy”.The practice is used with the aim of “changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, per The Trevor Project’s definition.“Conversion therapists use a variety of shaming, emotionally traumatic or physically painful stimuli to make their victims associate those stimuli with their LGBTQ identities,” the organisation says.

conversion therapy for all LGBT+ people in the UK.The letter cites the position of a number of leading organisations including the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, which classified conversion therapy as ‘torture’, and the U.N, which called for an end to conversion therapy globally.It also issues a reminder of the Government’s previous intentions to ban the practice in the UK.“Theresa May, as Prime Minister, vowed to eradicate this “abhorrent” practice in 2018 and since

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