Kathleen Stock article: Conversion therapy and gender identity

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The Critic: "Banning “conversion therapy” is not as simple as it seems"
Kathleen Stock's analysis lays out why the government's muddled thinking means that the proposals won't work:

'The basic problem with the Stonewall-sponsored proposals lies in their yoking together of sexual orientation and gender identity under the heading of an “LGBT identity”.

But there is no such thing as an LGBT identity ... Rather, there are four groups potentially affected by the proposals: a) gay males b) lesbians c) bisexuals d) people with incongruent gender identities. To count as belonging to the first three groups, you need to be attracted to members of your own sex, at least some of the time. If applicable to you, this is not so much an identity as a fact about your sexuality. So, only membership of the fourth group is plausibly characterised in terms of an “identity” at all (as indeed the name “gender identity” suggests). '
thecritic.co.uk/an-exercise-in-talking-shop/

Thanks for this. Bookmarking

It would be good if someone in the government reads it.

What an intelligent well-considered piece.

Kathleen is so articulate and lays it out plain for all to understand. I very much enjoyed Material Girls too, it's really helped me understand how harmful this Trans ideology is. She is nothing short of an inspiration. I think more and more people are listening to Kathleen and the penny is dropping. This is a massive safeguarding risk for children and young adults if the conversion ban is passed.