The Hong Kong government is continuing to put the lives of young LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) people at risk by failing to condemn or outlaw so-called “conversion therapy”, gay rights campaigners have claimed.
The therapy advocates that participants regularly pray, abstain from same-sex physical relationships and take cold showers in a bid to control their homosexual urges. Some of the more aggressive strategies include giving participants electric shocks.
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