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Jun 2020
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LGBT Special: Being Out When You're Lock...

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About this episode

In this LGBT special we look at rights in Britain, following reports that the government is planning to scrap plans to allow trans people to self identify.

Dominic Arnall, CEO of LGBT+ young charity Just Like Us, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing and Sebastian Salek he's cautiously optimistic that the government will ban conversion therapy.

Plus, we speak to two seasoned LGBT campaigners about what has been achieved, and what's yet to be done. Peter Tatchell, director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, and Robert Hayward, former Conservative MP and a previous board member of Stonewall, join.

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