The use of electric shock therapies to change people's sexuality
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 gay and transsexual 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
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