When the UK government announce that they are banning conversion therapy wouldn't they then need to shut down the tavistock since there is a strong argument that what is practiced there is conversion therapy?

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[–]Esseteee[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There really needs to be some kind of big court case where they have to prove that there is such a thing as an innate gender identity. They really should not be modifying children's bodies without extremely robust evidence of this and they don't have evidence because it's nonsense and that needs to be out in the open once and for all

[–]Spikygrasspod 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Gender identity is unfalsifiable by design, so, evidence is unlikely to be forthcoming. What you could get evidence of is mental health outcomes for youth who medically transition. That would be useful.

[–]Esseteee[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Surely they would need to prove it does exist rather than insist someone proves it doesn't

[–]Spikygrasspod 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you mean the burden of proof should be on them... I agree completely. It will never happen, however, because if you defined the innate trans identity such that it were amenable to proof, some people who say they are trans would be proved not to have it and that would be 'gatekeeping'. So in order that the individual be the sole authority on the identity, the identity has to be something that cannot be proven or disproven.