What "conversion therapy"is taking place for which we need legislation?

A thread from 28th October 2021

Excellent podcast on the upcoming legislation to ban conversion therapy which is aimed at health professionals in the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020. @stellaomalley3 rightly points out serious shortcomings.

Q: Where is "conversion therapy" actually taking place?                                        1/3

Are politicians happy to oblige health professionals to "affirm" a child in their claimed gender identity leading to medical treatment with lifelong health consequences despite evidence that 80% grow out of gender dysphoria, many realising they are in fact gay or lesbian?                                                                       2/3

Yet another Trojan Horse by the gender identity lobby to slip in the real intent of forcing the hand of health professionals under the guise of protecting children from gay conversion therapy.                                                                        3/3

On the inappropriate use of "intersex" see

What’s I got to do with T?

Why are those with Differences of Sex Development (DSDs) being “incorrectly” grouped with sexual and gender identities? Why are campaigners doing this?

Women’s Space IrelandWomen's Space Ireland

In the draft State report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which is open for Public Consultation at the moment https://tinyurl.com/cym3pyap until 10th November the number of babies born with DSDs here ("intersex") is just two or three per year:                                                                                                               4/4