We asked you about conversion practices – this is what you told us Easy Read Version

What are conversion practices?

Conversion practices are actions that want to change or suppress the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person.

Suppress means to keep down or squash.

Sexual orientation means what kinds of people you love or have sexual or romantic feelings about.

This might be:

• only men
• only women
• both men and women
• or neither

Gender identity is if you see yourself as:

• a man
• a woman
• in a different way

Conversion practices tell the LGBTQI+ community that they:

• are broken or wrong
• can or should be fixed

LGBTQI+ means people who are:

• lesbian
• gay
• bisexual
• transgender
• queer
• intersex
• + (plus) means people who feel part of the LGBTQI community but are not listed above