{"id":31238,"date":"2023-02-07T17:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=31238"},"modified":"2023-02-07T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:49:08","slug":"welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The plans<\/a> unveiled by the Welsh Government will also simplify the process for changing legal gender<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministers say their new proposals aim to make Wales into the most LGBTQ+ friendly nation in Europe. Some of the wide-ranging issues include safety, education, housing, health and social care. The report contains 46 separate recommendations. Some are immediate, while others for the longer or medium term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One standout element of the Welsh Government’s Action Plan includes a ban on all aspects of conversion therapy, a dangerous type of psychotherapy which aims to change a person’s sexual orientation. The move was welcomed by the Welsh Conservative Altaf Hussain in Senedd during a debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plans will also make it easier for Welsh people to legally change their gender and the government in Cardiff wants more political power devolved on gender recognition. They also plan to review new pathways for gender recognition of young people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the UK Government are already blocking Scotland’s Gender Recognition Bill, which has proposed similar policy changes in Scotland to what is know being discussed in Wales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Action Plan coincides with LGBTQ+ History Month and its been launched by the Welsh Labour Government with the cooperation of Plaid Cymru. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaid’s leader Adam Price MS says “this plan shows how we are working together to make a more just, fairer, tolerant Wales”. Price is the first LGBTQ+ party leader in the Senedd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stonewall Cymru, an LGBTQ+ charity who gave evidence to the Welsh Government during the drafting of the report describes the announcement as a “landmark day”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK government were asked for a reached for comment, but they are yet to respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The plans unveiled by the Welsh Government will also simplify the process for changing legal gender<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":943,"featured_media":31247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6,18],"tags":[278,833,34,104],"coauthors":[894],"class_list":["post-31238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-slider-story","tag-lgbtq","tag-lgbtqhistorymonth","tag-wales","tag-welsh-government"],"yoast_head":"\nWelsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The plans unveiled by the Welsh Government today will also simplify the process for changing legal gender in Wales.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The plans unveiled by the Welsh Government today will also simplify the process for changing legal gender in Wales.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CJS News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-07T17:49:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-07T17:49:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oliver Leader de Saxe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@leadersaxe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oliver Leader de Saxe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/\",\"name\":\"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-07T17:49:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-07T17:49:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/a2aedd71deaebcd7ce25cdb3ae2407a8\"},\"description\":\"The plans unveiled by the Welsh Government today will also simplify the process for changing legal gender in Wales.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/\",\"name\":\"CJS News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/a2aedd71deaebcd7ce25cdb3ae2407a8\",\"name\":\"Oliver Leader de Saxe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/ccf8b7a58f4beaf6e3bc8b37559017db\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/avatar_user_943_1668684978-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/avatar_user_943_1668684978-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Oliver Leader de Saxe\"},\"description\":\"Trainee Broadcast Journalist at Cardiff University covering Cyncoed, Roath and Penylan as well as stories in business and the economy.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/leadersaxe\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/author\/leaderdesaxeoa\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy","description":"The plans unveiled by the Welsh Government today will also simplify the process for changing legal gender in Wales.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy","og_description":"The plans unveiled by the Welsh Government today will also simplify the process for changing legal gender in Wales.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/","og_site_name":"CJS News","article_published_time":"2023-02-07T17:49:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-07T17:49:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Oliver Leader de Saxe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@leadersaxe","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Oliver Leader de Saxe","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/","name":"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-07T17:49:06+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-07T17:49:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/a2aedd71deaebcd7ce25cdb3ae2407a8"},"description":"The plans unveiled by the Welsh Government today will also simplify the process for changing legal gender in Wales.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/02\/flag-4552833_1920-min.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/welsh-government-lgbtq-action-plan-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welsh Government LGBTQ+ Action Plan to ban conversion therapy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/","name":"CJS News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/a2aedd71deaebcd7ce25cdb3ae2407a8","name":"Oliver Leader de Saxe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/ccf8b7a58f4beaf6e3bc8b37559017db","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/avatar_user_943_1668684978-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/11\/avatar_user_943_1668684978-96x96.jpg","caption":"Oliver Leader de Saxe"},"description":"Trainee Broadcast Journalist at Cardiff University covering Cyncoed, Roath and Penylan as well as stories in business and the economy.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/leadersaxe"],"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/author\/leaderdesaxeoa\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/943"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31238"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31294,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31238\/revisions\/31294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31238"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=31238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}