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A promise to ban conversion therapy in Scotland is broken · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 2: ban conversion therapy in Scotland is being broken. The government's
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  Speaker 2: published its plans for the next parliamentary year, and there's
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  Speaker 2: no mention of outlawing attempts to change a person's sexuality
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  Speaker 2: or gender identity. It means Scotland's the only UK nation
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  Speaker 2: not to have proposals in place to end this abuse,
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  Speaker 2: despite a consultation involving survivors and human rights groups. Carrie
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  Speaker 2: Lyles from the Equality Network.
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  Speaker 1: Despite a lot of work in Scotland over the years,
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  Speaker 1: conversion practices are still legal, and people are still suffering.
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  Speaker 1: Survivors have told us about lifelong mental health problems. trauma
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  Speaker 1: and impacts on their sense of self and ability to
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  Speaker 1: form relationships as a result of conversion practices. Conversion practices
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  Speaker 1: need to stop.
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  Speaker 2: Scotland's government says it's waiting to see how lawmakers in
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  Speaker 2: Westminster move forward with plans for a ban in England
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  Speaker 2: and Wales. The opposition Green Party says this reasoning verges
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