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Been seeing this quite a bit lately. Transphobic groups are trying to frame conversion therapy bans as meaning that any young person questioning their gender is going to be pushed into transitioning and tying this into their "gender industry" Big Pharma conspiracy theories.pic.twitter.com/htbJRFM1x4
In reality, a young person who was unsure about their gender or how they wanted to address their dysphoria would not be prevented from accessing therapy to help them figure things out. The Utah law is very specific about what it bans and what kind of therapy is acceptable/not CT.pic.twitter.com/o7lWWcpdlQ
Framing conversion therapy bans as "banning therapy" or "banning all treatments except transition" is a cover for transphobic parents, gender critical therapists, conspiracy theorists and other anti-trans people who want to force trans youth into conversion therapy.
Transphobes are the ones arguing that trans youth can't consent to medical transition but they can consent to conversion therapy to change their sense of self. Somehow youth are capable of deciding to change their minds but not their bodies. Transphobes are the hypocrites here.
No trans person is saying that young people can't consent to therapy to explore what gender they are or if transitioning will help them. We want people of all ages to have resources to decide who they and what medical procedures, if any, will help them if they have dysphoria.
What we oppose is harmful anti-trans conversion practices that are often imposed by parents on their non-consenting trans children or forced on youth by transphobic medical professionals https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/JUST/meeting-14/evidence …pic.twitter.com/aGT8ynmaOo
I know from firsthand experience that conversion practices are no less harmful when a person "chooses" to engage in them. Any practice or therapy that tries to stop someone from being trans is harmful and ineffective.https://kyschevers.medium.com/ideologically-motivated-detransition-as-a-conversion-practice-a-personal-account-ee262035453a …
Trans people are fighting so that trans people, detrans people and all people questioning/exploring gender have self-determination and access to resources they need to live well, whether that be therapy, medical transition, peer support or no treatments at all.
We know firsthand how the current medical system is profit-driven, oppressive and controlling. We've been criticizing/resisting it and working to build alternatives for decades. Resisting conversion practices is part of that struggle.https://healthliberationnow.com/mission/
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