A petition titled Make Offering Gay Conversion Therapy A Criminal Offence has over 11,600 signatures on parliament’s petition page and is still gathering support. But Liverpool Echo journalist Josh Parry, who started the petition, has been told that there is no intention to discuss legislating against gay conversion therapy. A statement from the Department of Health said: “The government totally condemns any attempt to treat being gay, lesbian or bisexual as an illness. However, the government does not believe creating a criminal offence is the right way forward.” Sign the petition at tinyurl.com/divasign