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<p>A gay man who was given electric shock treatments on the NHS in the 1970s has spoken to BBC Radio 5.</p>
<p>by Newsdesk | 23rd July 2014</p><p></p><p>
</p><p></p><p>In the 1970s the National Health Service (NHS) offered a 'cure' to homosexuality in the guise of 'Electric Shock Avoidance Therapy'.</p><p></p><p>'John' from Birmingham talks openly to Victoria Derbyshire about the 'false hope' the treatment gave him. The 69-year-old said the treatment had made him feel that he was, 'going to pass from this life without ever having a full relationship with a human being.'</p><p></p><p>Homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales in 1967, 1981 in Scotland and 1982 in Northern Ireland.</p><p></p><p>In 1973 homosexuality was declassified as a mental illness in the UK. </p><p></p><p></p><p>
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A gay man who was given electric shock treatments on the NHS in the 1970s has spoken to BBC Radio 5.
by Newsdesk | 23rd July 2014
In the 1970s the National Health Service (NHS) offered a 'cure' to homosexuality in the guise of 'Electric Shock Avoidance Therapy'.
'John' from Birmingham talks openly to Victoria Derbyshire about the 'false hope' the treatment gave him. The 69-year-old said the treatment had made him feel that he was, 'going to pass from this life without ever having a full relationship with a human being.'
Homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales in 1967, 1981 in Scotland and 1982 in Northern Ireland.
In 1973 homosexuality was declassified as a mental illness in the UK.
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