UK: stop to psychological 'treatments' for homosexuals. Which, however, remain valid for gender dysphoria A new law is preparing to ban 'reparative' therapies for gays and lesbians. On the other hand, there is no stop to treatment for those suffering from gender identity: here the psychological approach remains the first choice. To assimilate the two conditions is a serious mistake, which responds to ideology and not to the real needs of the people involved
Britain, like recently Canada, France and New Zealand, is also about to pass a law banning reparative or conversion therapy, i.e. psychological and/or psychiatric treatment aimed at attempting to change a gay or lesbian person's sexual orientation. But the law will NOT cover so-called gender identity. In a nutshell, the ban will only apply to attempts to bring a homosexual orientation back to heterosexual 'normality' -a veritable form of torture- while the [...]