April Fool

[Anonymous]

Hi All,

Following on from Transgender Day of Visibilty – Mar 31st – is April 1st. Or April Fool Day.

In the UK press today, after numerous reviews and delays it was revealed that the government intended to U-turn and drop its plans to ban conversion therapy, only to make a second hasty U-turn following a furious reaction from LGBT groups and some politicians. Hurrah, you might say.

The kicker?

Ah, well – trans don’t count. As the BBC put it “… it will ban so-called conversion therapy for gay or bisexual people in England and Wales – but not for transgender people….”

Happy April 1st

Marti xxx

[Angela Booth]

But isn’t conversion therapy for Trans hormones and surgery Marti?

[Anonymous]

Hi Angela,

Wouldn’t it be nice if that was the only interpretation of conversion therapy 😉

Marti xxx

[IsabelB]

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No, Angela, that would be supportive treatment – conversion therapy is basically an attempt to convert someone away from being gay, lesbian, queer, trans etc to being so-called ‘normal’.  Or, torture, to put it briefly…

Already banned in many countries and quite rightly so.  Terrible thing to do to someone.

Isabel x

[Anonymous]

Hi Marti

Mostly I find the UK a progressive place, and then something like this happens, what can you do?

[Anonymous]

Hi Emily,

You could get used to it, trans is a nice red meat issue that some politicians can’t resist exploiting.

Or consider finding a bit of money or time and support organisations that think that if conversion therapy is inhumane (and doesn’t work anyway) for one group of LBGT+ , then why isn’t it so for others?

Marti xxx

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