Shock Treatment: The Gay Therapy Scandal

Hayley Hassall uncovers one of the darkest and least-known chapters in British medical history — the use of electric shock therapies to try to change trans and gay people. For decades, experts used these methods to associate same-sex desire and gender preference with pain. Many victims from educational establishments and the criminal justice system were coerced into accepting the treatment. Now a small group of survivors are seeking apologies from the NHS and state institutions who were responsible for carrying out procedures which they say have blighted their lives for decades.