In this episode of 1946: The Culture Shift Tour – United Kingdom, we sit

down with Saba Ali — award-winning activist, speaker, and Chair of the Ban

Conversion Practices Coalition.

This is one of the most urgent conversations we’ve had.

As global debates intensify — and with recent rulings in the United States

framing conversion therapy as “free speech” — the reality is clear: these

practices are not therapy. They are harm.

Saba prefers the term “conversion practices” because there is nothing

therapeutic about attempting to change or suppress someone’s sexuality or

gender identity.

As a queer South Asian woman with lived experience, Saba brings deep

insight into the intersection of race, religion, culture, and identity. Her

work spans advocacy, policy reform, and frontline support for those

impacted by abuse, discrimination, and systemic inequality.

In This Episode:

🚨 What Are Conversion Practices?

Why language matters — and how “therapy” disguises harm.

🌍 A Global Crisis

How these practices continue across the UK, US, and beyond — and why

legislation still falls short.

🧠 The Impact

The psychological, emotional, and spiritual harm caused by conversion

practices.

⚖️ Law, Policy & Power

What’s happening right now in the UK and US — and why bans are critical.

🕌 Culture, Faith & Intersectionality

How race, religion, and family systems intersect with LGBTQIA+ identity.

🔥 Advocacy & Resistance

What it takes to challenge institutions, shift policy, and protect future

generations.

This episode is not just a conversation — it’s a call to awareness,

accountability, and action.

🎬 Watch 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture

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🎧 Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts & Spotify

Music by Marianna Sokol – “Home” 🎶

🔗 FULL LIST OF LINKS + ORGANIZATIONS 

1. Ban Conversion Practices Coalition

www.banconversionpractices.com

2. Saba Ali (Personal / Linktree)

www.linktr.ee/sabacelebritypa

3. UK Black Pride

www.ukblackpride.org.uk

4. Diva Charitable Trust

www.divacharitabletrust.org

5. Building Bridges for Peace

www.buildingbridgesforpeace.org

6. Surviving Universal UK

www.survivinguniversaluk.com

7. Stonewall (UK)

www.stonewall.org.uk

8. UK Government – Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Action Plan

www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-violence-against-women-and-girls-strategy

9. American Psychological Association (APA)

www.apa.org

10. Human Rights Organizations (General Reference)

www.hrw.org

11. UK Parliament / Legislative Process

www.parliament.uk

12. UK Government Equality Office

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-equalities-office

13. NHS (Mental Health + Therapy Context)

www.nhs.uk

14. Conversion Practices Survey (Coalition Campaign)

www.banconversionpractices.com

👥 KEY PEOPLE MENTIONED (OPTIONAL TO INCLUDE)

Lady Phyll (UK Black Pride founder)

Phoebe (Stonewall / coalition comms)

Rachel Reign (Surviving Universal UK)