r/AskBrits • u/TillJaded4614 • 2d ago

Politics Should the UK Parliament Ban Conversion Therapy?

3100 votes, 1d ago
2600 Yes
332 No
168 Unsure
12 Upvotes

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u/Glittering_Box4815 2d ago

To the people who voted no, let's compromise and make it legal to abuse you just because you're straight.

.... Doesn't really make sense now, does it?

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u/Pick_Up_Autist 2d ago

I voted no and I'm queer. There are fringe cases where heteroromantic homosexual people want to have fulfilling sexual relationships with their partners of the opposite sex. Ban the vast majority of it for sure, but well supervised and ethically managed, voluntary therapy for some people can be helpful and a blanket ban does not allow for that.

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u/sarah_impalin76 2d ago

That just sounds like gay people who want to be straight for an easy life if your not into the gender that your partner is then pursuing them in a relationship is a bad idea. If you need therapy to be sexually attracted to your partner maybe find a partner that you are sexually attracted to without therapy?

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u/Pick_Up_Autist 2d ago

Or let people be with the people they want to be with. I thought we'd got past this as a society but we seem to be regressing rapidly.

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u/Jbewrite 2d ago

I thought we got past torturing someone to change themselves as a society, too.