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Should 'transgender identity' be removed from the proposed 'conversion therapy' ban?
The UK government's Draft Conversion Practices Bill published in June 2026 criminalises abusive acts intended to change a person's sexual orientation or transgender identity that cause serious harm. It is undergoing pre-legislative scrutiny and includes safeguards for legitimate healthcare and open conversations. Critics argue the transgender provisions risk criminalising exploratory therapy or parental discussions with gender-questioning youth.
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Pfft, the irreversible physical mutilation of a healthy human is kinda ‘serious harm’. If MPs want to criminalise the humane option of talking things over first then that’s on their conscience. Personally I think it’s abhorrent, but then maybe it’s because I care about patients and these lawmakers only care about themselves.
Conversion therapy is discredited, coercive abuse that inflicts profound psychological harm. Carving out transgender people creates an indefensible two tier system of human rights that leaves a vulnerable group unprotected. The draft legislation already includes robust safeguards to ensure ethical exploratory therapy and parental conversations are protected. You don't safeguard young people by legalising abusive attempts to 'cure' who they are. Ban it across the board
Banning exploratory counselling for gender dysphoria as “conversion therapy” is dangerous doublespeak. People with dysphoria or identity distress need open, evidence-based therapy to examine root causes, comorbidities and possible desistance, not affirmation-only approaches that can rush irreversible medicalisation. Protecting genuine care from ideological redefinition is essential for patient safety and wellbeing.