Scotland’s plan to ban conversion practices should send ‘strong message’, says minister

Emma Roddick says she wants LGBTQ+ people to know that government is ‘still with them’ as consultation begins

Plans to introduce a ban on conversion practices in Scotland should send “a strong message” to LGBTQ+ people that “the Scottish government is still with them”, according to Holyrood’s equalities minister.

Emma Roddick was speaking to the Guardian after launching a public consultation on the proposed ban on practices that aim to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.