A new study by Galop using anonymised case notes from its frontline support services reveals the stark lived reality of LGBT+ victims and survivors who have been subjected to conversion practices. Humanists UK is alarmed by the report’s findings, and says the recently published draft Bill for England and Wales, alongside the Private Member’s Bill introduced in Northern Ireland, must deliver comprehensive protection for all LGBT+ people, without loopholes for religion or supposed ‘consent’. Conversion practices remain a present-day threat Galop’s report, Still Not Illegal, draws evidence from 195 cases collected over three years, from 2022 to 2025. In some cases, the abuse was still taking place when the victim or survivor contacted Galop. The study shows how attempts to change, ‘cure’, or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity are often concealed within broader patterns of coercive control or religious pressure. It demonstrates the urgent need for a comprehensive legislative ban on conversion practices as current harms experienced by LGBT+ people remain insufficiently recognised in law. Of the 195 cases analysed, the report …