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<p>Earlier last year, the Minister for Women and Equalities set out her top LGBT policy
priorities, which we are making good progress towards delivering. We have launched
a public consultation on our plans to ban Conversion Therapy; we are digitising the
Gender Recognition Certificate application process, having already reduced the fee,
and are improving healthcare for trans people. In December 2021, we published the
HIV Action Plan, whilst also announcing the end of the ban on HIV+ people joining
the UK armed forces. This month we have announced an independent review into the impact
of the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the armed forces on LGBT veterans, as part
of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan.</p><p>We have appointed Iain Anderson as LGBT
Business Champion, and the Prime Minister has appointed Lord Herbert of South Downs
as Special Envoy on LGBT rights, with both an international and domestic focus. The
UK will also be hosting its first global LGBT conference in June, <em>Safe To Be Me</em>,
which will bring together government representatives, businesses, civil society and
international parliamentarians to address the safety of LGBT people at home and abroad.</p><p>The
UK Government regularly updates GOV.UK to improve the experience and accessibility
of users. The update on 4 January 2022, regarding the 2017 National LGBT Survey and
2018 Action Plan, was to support user access to existing, previously published, documents.</p>
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