Only six of the 30 people interviewed for a UK Government-commissioned study of conversion therapy identified as transgender or non-binary, limiting the conclusions that could be drawn about gender-identity change efforts.

For a qualitative study commissioned by the UK Government and published in 2021, researchers interviewed 30 people about their experiences of conversion therapy. Six interviewees (20%) identified as transgender or non-binary, while 24 did not.

Of the 30 participants, 24 (80%) reported experiencing sexual-orientation change efforts only, three reported gender-identity change efforts only, and three reported both.

Among the six transgender or non-binary interviewees, four reported being pressured by family members or religious leaders to engage in conversion efforts. All four cases involved religious contexts. The remaining two said psychiatrists had treated their gender identities as symptoms of mental health conditions. The report noted that these psychiatric treatments did not appear to have been specifically designed to change their gender identities.

All participants were self-selected. The report stated that it was not possible to determine how representative the findings were of the wider population of people who had undergone conversion therapy. It also acknowledged that the limited number of transgender participants restricted the generalisations that could be made.

The report concluded that relatively little evidence was available concerning gender-identity change efforts.

^{Jowett, A., Brady, G., Goodman, S., Pillinger, C., & Bradley, L. (2021). Conversion therapy: An evidence assessment and qualitative study. Government Equalities Office. UK Government report}