Conversion Therapy ban denies help to vulnerable | Christian Concern

“Let’s say a married man wants advice and help on how to avoid the compulsion to transition, to save his marriage – it’s that sort of conversation which I worry about being made illegal and criminalised under these regulations.”

Debbie Hayton, a married man who transitioned gender 12 years ago, said he "wanted to be challenged at that point" and "the options to be set out" when he sought pastoral help.

"To make therapeutic spaces unsafe because we say there's only one way to go is deeply draconian. It's illiberal, it's not civilized, it's actually harming people. What we need is a free and tolerant space where one view is not imposed on the other," said our chief executive Andrea Williams.

Andrea joined Revd Canon Sarah Jones, Debbie Hayton, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain and host Sean Fletcher on BBC’s Sunday Morning Live to debate the proposed ban on conversion therapy. Its private members’ bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords.

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