Britain found to have funded ‘conversion therapy’ clinics in Africa

Investigation finds UK Aid and USAid money went to centres where condemned' practice is routinely offered to LGBTQ+ people

The UK government is among major aid donors to have funded clinics in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania that offer so-called conversion therapies", which pressurise gay people to quit" same-sex attraction, an investigation has found.

In a six-month undercover investigation of the centres, reporters from global news website openDemocracy were told being gay is evil", for whites" and a mental health problem. Among them were facilities funded by some of the world's biggest aid donors, including USAid and the British government's fund, UK Aid, run by organisations such as UK-based MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes International) and Swiss-based Global Fund.