House of Commons apologises after tweeting about whether gay conversion therapy should be illegal | London Evening Standard

The Commons' official Twitter account shared a link to a consultation on Friday, following a petition with 186,000 signatures calling on ministers to ban the harmful practice for the LGBT+ community.

The caption read: "How does #conversiontherapy affect the #LGBTQ community?

"Should it be made illegal? What would that mean to you? @HoCpetitions is investigating a petition calling for the practice to be made illegal."

But the post quickly sparked a furious backlash with thousands of Twitter users rushing to condemn the post, branding it "unethical", "insane", "outrageous" and insensitive".

The House of Commons eventually deleted the tweet and apologised for any offence caused, adding that they "misjudged this".

It said: "We have deleted a tweet about a petition relating to #conversiontherapy that caused offence. We apologise.

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