{"id":169031,"date":"2018-07-03T06:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T10:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=169031"},"modified":"2018-07-03T06:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T10:04:04","slug":"uk-govt-outlines-new-initiative-for-lgbt-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/03\/uk-govt-outlines-new-initiative-for-lgbt-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"UK govt outlines new initiative for LGBT communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_169032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169032\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pride-828056_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169032\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pride-828056_1280.jpg\" alt=\"The survey also found that LGBT people experience prejudice daily, with more than two in three saying they avoid holding hands with a same-sex partner in public for fear of a negative reaction. (Photo: Pixabay)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pride-828056_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pride-828056_1280-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pride-828056_1280-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pride-828056_1280-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The survey also found that LGBT people experience prejudice daily, with more than two in three saying they avoid holding hands with a same-sex partner in public for fear of a negative reaction. (Photo: Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LONDON \u2013 The British government says it will ban gay conversion therapy as part of 4.5-million-pound ($5.9 million) effort to make society more inclusive for LGBT people.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative comes after the government released the results of a survey of 108,000 LGBT people, which found that 5 per cent had been offered conversion therapies. The government says it will \u201ceradicate the abhorrent practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The survey also found that LGBT people experience prejudice daily, with more than two in three saying they avoid holding hands with a same-sex partner in public for fear of a negative reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Theresa May says, \u201cno one should ever have to hide who they are or who they love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s 75-point plan includes appointment of a national LGBT health adviser to improve care for the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2013 The British government says it will ban gay conversion therapy as part of 4.5-million-pound ($5.9 million) effort to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":169032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[21370,5790,1036,24401,3348],"class_list":["post-169031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-british-government","tag-lgbtq","tag-london","tag-prime-minister-theresa-may","tag-uk","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}