UK announces ban on homosexual "conversion" therapies | World

The initiative was developed as a result of a government survey in which more than 108,000 bad, gay, transbadual and bibadual women were interviewed. The action plan, developed by the office of British Prime Minister Theresa May, has a budget of 5 million euros.

In the survey, 2% of LGBT community members surveyed admitted to having used so-called "bad rebadignment" therapies, while 5% said they had received offers in this regard.

More than half of those receiving this type of treatment report that the therapies were conducted by religious entities, 19% by health professionals and 16% by parents or family members.

More than two-thirds of respondents said that they avoid giving their partners in public for fear of a negative reaction. Another 23% said their colleagues reacted negatively to their homobaduality.

About 40% of people reported having incidents such as verbal attacks or physical violence in the 12 months prior to the survey. However, more than 90% of these cases are not recorded, with respondents stating that these types of badaults "occur all the time".

Of the respondents, 61% define themselves as gay or bad, a quarter as bibadual and 4% as being panbadual. Among the youngest, many identified themselves as bibadual, abadual, panbadual, among other definitions, and 13% were transgendered. Another 7% said they were "non-binary", that is, non-exclusively female or male.

May said that his country "may feel proud to be a world leader" in defending LGBT rights, noting that the results of the investigation have allowed him to see in which areas he is possible to improve the lives of community members.

"I was impressed by the number of people who responded that they could not be open about their badual orientation," lamented May, adding that "no one should ever have to hide who he is or who he likes. " She said the government's plan represents "concrete steps" for "real and lasting" change in British society.