A step in the right direction to abolish the anti-LGBT practice altogether.
of a UK page promoting a Christian organisation that told the stories of ‘X-Lesbian’ and ‘X-LGBT supporter’ members, while also linking to anti-queer propaganda. While the semantics of what Twitter and Instagram can actively pull down is a little murky, what has been removed is any information that actively points out the process of conversion therapy, which is a great step in the right direction for the process to be eradicated altogether.
Twitter also spoke out, stating that conversion therapy falls under their ‘wishes of harm’ rule and is therefore removed when reported, but is “working to make the training decks more clear so that team members have a wide variety of examples to refer to and our enforcement of this is consistent and scaleable globally.”
These are all hugely important steps in the right direction, but it’s important we tread carefully: promoting blanket bans on conversion therapy content could lead the practise and those carrying it out to retreat even further into the shadows, making victims harder to find. The next step is an outright ban with a monitoring on those suspected of practising conversion therapy to ensure that queer and trans people -- both in the UK and worldwide -- are adequately protected.
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