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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:( I'm hoping the politicians and activists who are responsible for that end up paying dearly for it in the end. Not a Canadian but that just makes me want to not ever bring any future kids to a therapist if they're feeling confused about their gender. Just so they would never get diagnosed with gender dysphoria and set on a medicalization pathway that I may not be able to stop.

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Yeah I wouldn't recommend anyone bring a child in for trans assessment in Canada right now. We are stuck referring them to affirmation or risk losing our license (or worse, lots of us are super woke and think it's wonderful, usually the under-35 docs. I wonder what they learn in school?).

However, confidentiality applies in young teens so they also can make their own appointments for transing.

That was originally intended to save them from abuse from adults, allow them to get birth control/pregnancy counselling/treatment, or immunizations, or STI counselling/treatment, or even antidepressants or vitamins, all of which are medically necessary.

The duty to refer also used to mean, for example, that if the doc was anti-choice the referral to someone else for birth control or abortion was mandated so the girl/woman was not denied that care, among other things.

Now it's all trans trans trans not one question asked, no clinical interview or assessment just send 'em down the pipeline or else, and it breaks my heart.