Around 1 in 12 LGBTQ+ community members may have experienced conversion therapy

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Around one in 12 people of a sexual or gender minority may have experienced some form of conversion therapy, according to an estimate by international researchers. The team analysed the results of 16 studies of LGBTQ+ people across six countries over the past 20 years to try and estimate the prevalence of conversion therapy. The researchers say they found prevalence ranged from 2% to 34% across the studies, with an average of 8.5%. They say it is important to clearly define conversion therapy and to legislate against it to prevent harms to the LGBTQ+ community.

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