Imagine being given electroshock "treatment" in an NHS setting that you passed out and woke up three days later in hospital? Such was the horrific experience of one gay person who was given treatment designed to turn them in to a loyal heterosexual - all on the National Health Service. The Peter Tatchell Foundation has found that such medical cruelty, without any foundation in science, was meted out to lesbians, gay men and transgender people between 1967 and 1973, but its roots may go back much further. The BBC News Channel takes up the story, noting "the BBC understands the government will now investigate historical use of Electric Shock Aversion Therapy within NHS settings. survivor, Pauline Collier, 80, described her treatment: "He taped electrodes to my arms and gave me a series of shocks. They made me sweat and flinch." any of those treated were referred to hospital by their teachers, priests or GP. Some say they did not give informed consent, and say they were explicitly told not to tell their parents. The findings have prompted calls for a formal apology from the government and NHS, led by Lord Chris Smith, who was the UK's first openly gay MP. The BBC traced two doctors who were involved in the pseudotreatments..... one is now too elderly to be held accountable, but the other has refused to respond to the BBC letters.

Read the full investigation into the conversion attempts at the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g6348qegxo

Fake pseudo treatments for sexuality and gender identity still persist under the radar today. If you are affected, call the National Conversion Therapy Helpline without delay. The details are here: https://www.conversiontherapysupport.org.uk/